Siem Reap police allow drug trafficker to escape prison

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UPDATE: Convict Arrested!
Cambodia Breaking News: Cambodian law enforcement officers have arrested the escaped convict and drug ringleader in Preah Vihear province on the evening of August 22, 2023.
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I hope he had time in the dentists to get his teeth done. It might be a while before he gets to visit one again. 8-)
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John Bingham wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:12 pm I hope he had time in the dentists to get his teeth done. It might be a while before he gets to visit one again. 8-)
considering how Khmer police operate, I hope he had enough bribe money to pay the police to allow him to keep his teeth
Looks like he has the start of a black eye on the right side, he better get his tea money together so he can see an eye doctor
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SiemReapLOL wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:09 am
John Bingham wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:12 pm I hope he had time in the dentists to get his teeth done. It might be a while before he gets to visit one again. 8-)
considering how Khmer police operate, I hope he had enough bribe money to pay the police to allow him to keep his teeth
Looks like he has the start of a black eye on the right side, he better get his tea money together so he can see an eye doctor
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Video from Khmer Times on Youtube:

Police on Wednesday arrested 11 suspects who are members of the armed criminal group.

They were suspected of freeing a Chinese drug convict from prison last week in Siem Reap province.

General Mok Chito, Deputy Chief of the National Police in Charge of the Chief of Anti-Drug Affairs, identified the 11 suspects as Phev Braseth Seth, In Chanthy, Savy Savuth, Som David, Rem Sophal, and Frost Sarath Sean; these six men are Cambodian-American citizens. The others are Alshammari Sarah Hamadn, Saudi Arabian national; the Chinese drug convict Chen Hsin Han; and Chloe Yinrong, Chinese-American woman.
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Anchor Moy wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:02 pm
Police on Wednesday arrested 11 suspects who are members of the armed criminal group.

They were suspected of freeing a Chinese drug convict from prison last week in Siem Reap province.
Wow The competent authorities look like they've never set a foot on the beat :shock:
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"Too busy" . 8)
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Holding press conferences
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I am impressed. Never predicted this outcome.
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https://cambojanews.com/escaped-drug-tr ... de-prison/

The director of the Siem Reap provincial prison, Phean Chhorvan, denied allegations that Han had been given any special privileges and said that all prisoners were treated equally, noting that bribery was prohibited.

“Detention has all the same conditions [for everyone], there is no use of any money, on the other hand, as far as other affairs are concerned,” Chhorvan said.
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Taiwanese drug lord, 10 others, arrested for dental clinic raid
Bulk of suspects have yet to be charged after nearly a week in jail.
By RFA Khmer
Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.
A Taiwanese drug lord serving a 52-year-prison sentence who was freed in a brazen raid last week was rearrested on Tuesday, according to Cambodian authorities.

Lt. Gen. Mak Chito, deputy national police commissioner in charge of drug crimes, told RFA that Chen Hsin Han was arrested in a Phnom Penh housing complex following tips from witnesses and suspects.

"We have prepared additional plans. We haven't concluded the operation yet,” he said. “We have learned of new suspects and we are investigating them. We will continue to arrest more suspects.”

Chen, in prison since 2009 on drug trafficking charges, escaped on the morning of Aug. 17 after five armed assailants burst into a Siem Reap dental clinic, handcuffing the prison guards who had brought him there for treatment.

The following day six Cambodian American men and one Chinese American woman were arrested in two locations in Phnom Penh on suspicion of helping Chen escape.

In a press conference Tuesday, police said a total of 11 people were arrested including a Saudi national who allegedly had passed along information that helped in the raid and a Chinese national believed to have provided funds for food and accommodation .
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