Military Gang Arrested for Smuggling Chinese Out of Cambodia

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Military Gang Arrested for Smuggling Chinese Out of Cambodia

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Cambodia News (Svay Rieng): Seven Cambodian suspects, including a 2 stars military officer team leader, Sum Pov, were arrested for attempting to smuggle 28 Chinese nationals out of Cambodia. On April 22, 2021, at TTP1, at Bavet Kandal village, Sangkat Bavet, Svay Rieng, the police arrested the military suspect, along with 6 other people who were also allegedly dressed in military uniforms.
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The suspects who planned to smuggle people abroad were identified as
1. Som Pov, ID No. 023632 with the rank of Major General, Deputy Chief of Military Strategic Research Working Group, General Command of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
2. Cheum Sareth, a 40-year-old man, had no job.
3. Neang Sinath, a 31-year-old man, had no job
4. Seng Hak, a 31-year-old man, a mechanic
5. Ath Kakada, a 26-year-old man, a seller
6. Tan Chanvibol, a 34-year-old man, a seller
7. So Kunthea, a 42-year-old.

Following the arrests, 28 Chinese people were quarantined at TTP1 hotel in Bavet city, Svay Rieng. The suspect, Sum Pov, said that he had a misconception about the crime of smuggling people abroad. The police are investigating the case following the legal procedure.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:57 pm Military Gang Arrested for Smuggling Chinese Out of Cambodia
they should be given a medal!

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Good to see the Cinese finally running away from the mess they have created.
Rats fleeing the sinking ship.
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I wonder where they got smuggled from? Just looked at the news clip Phnom Pehn they came from
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It appears that Lt. Gen. Sum Pov had earlier been issued with a letter from Lt. Gen. Meas Vanna, Chairman of the Military Strategic Research Team, authorizing him to travel through the capital and provinces from April 1 to May 30, 2021. .

However, he used this authority to attempt to smuggle the 28 Chinese nationals from Phnom Penh to Svay Rieng province.

The two two-star military officers and the 28 Chinese nationals are now being questioned at the Svay Rieng Provincial Police Commissariat.
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I wonder if they are casino workers, because with the lockdown they won't be earning like many other people. Or looking at the number of them, possible that they ended their online work.
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There's alot more to this story they were trying to enter vietnam so who was going to get 28 people across the closed border and who's picking them up on the other side?
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Total craziness... Talk about shadow banking, freakin crazy the number of these syndicates..

Imo these folks getting caught and their enablers should be given a 1mil fine or the opportunity to pay it back by picking up trash or some other tasks.. take them years so hopefully itll be a deterant haha
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Human smuggling two-star general Sum Pov expelled from army by His Majesty
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Major General Sum Pov – stripped of his ranks and expelled from the army. Fresh News
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The King issued a Royal Decree to disqualify and expel Major General Sum Pov from the army after being involved in human trafficking, according to a Royal Decree.


In the Royal Decree, it is stated that “Article 1: Revocation of the rank of General of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and delisting from the framework of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces to Major General Sum Pov, ID number 02332, General of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.”

Major General Sum Pov and six other accomplices were arrested for smuggling 28 Chinese nationals Phnom Penh to Svay Rieng against the Royal Government’s order prohibiting inter provincial travel.
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^ Phnom Penh (FN), Apr. 23 – Cambodian King has issued a Royal Decree to disqualify and expel Major General Sum Pov, according to a Royal Decree seen by Fresh News today.
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