Convicted Cambodian terrorist escapes from hospital.

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Re: Convicted Cambodian terrorist escapes from hospital.

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It seems that the guards' alibi of spiked food has been disproved, and therefore they "dozed off" for reasons unknown.

PJ Prison Investigated Over Terrorist Escape
by Aun Pheap | October 28, 2016 | អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

The Interior Ministry has sent recaptured terrorist Som Ek to Prey Sar prison, relocating him from PJ Prison, which officials said on Thursday was under investigation over its suspected complicity in the prisoner’s escape earlier this month...

After falling ill at PJ Prison on October 6, Mr. Ek was sent to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital for treatment, where family members visited him with cake and rice that had allegedly been spiked. Authorities initially said two prison guards had eaten the food and dozed off, allowing him to escape, but on Tuesday an official said no suspicious substances had been found in the food.

The two guards who allowed the hospital escape have been temporarily suspended...
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pj-p ... pe-119858/
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