Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Killing Suspect Returns After 7 Years, Arrested


Written by DAP NEWS -- Tuesday, 27 October 2009

(Posted by CAAI News Media)

A man on the run for 7 years returned home to Kampong Cham to find provincial police officers waiting. He was arrested in the Kampong Siem district on Sunday.

A source said that the man is accused of killing Tin Noura, 27, who lived in the Rokar Krom, Sambour Meas district of Kampong Cham province, and had worked since 2002 at the Phnom Bros restaurant.

The team of killers were responsible for the death, all of whom went on the run, the source added.

Police officer Sor Sara told DAP News Cambodia that “Our officers always search for fugitives but they hide far away from us for many years.”

After he heard information related to the killing, he reported to the Provincial Police Chief, and was commanded to arrest the suspect as soon as possible, Sara stressed.

Sor Sara said the suspect has been sent to Kampong Cham Provincial Court.

Suspects sometimes prove hard to nab in Cambodia, where wily fugitives can go on the lam for years at a time, creating a new identity and hiding out in the remote rural areas. Many are caught when they return to their home village to look up friends or relatives.

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