Tuesday, June 20, 2006 (Kandal): Cambodian leader Hun Sen ordered a thorough investigation into why a Thai airline company sent a shipment of 140,000 bullets to the US Embassy early this month.
"An investigation must be launched to determine why a (foreign) transport company could have committed such an act," the prime minister said, referring to the Thai Airways, which apparently mislabelled and flew the cargo to Cambodia.
The matter "must be thoroughly looked at," he said during a speech on Tuesday.
On Monday, the US Embassy said it received the cargo on June 7 but had to return it to the Cambodian customs the next day after discovering the bullets in it.
The mission had been expecting a shipment of paintings to decorate its new building for USAID, the US Agency for International Developments.
The embassy said the bullets were intended for a destination in Finland, and had no connection to the US government.
Public affairs officials at Thai Airways could not immediately be reached for comment.
Cambodia's national police chief, Hok Lundy, said yesterday police did not feel there was any cause for concern over the error.
Police said the rifle bullets did not include powder charges. Hun Sen said the misdirected cargo must be kept until "an international investigation" into it is completed.
He said any rush to dispatch it from Cambodia could backfire on his nation, if the bullets fall into wrong hands and are used for terrorist purpose. (AP)
"An investigation must be launched to determine why a (foreign) transport company could have committed such an act," the prime minister said, referring to the Thai Airways, which apparently mislabelled and flew the cargo to Cambodia.
The matter "must be thoroughly looked at," he said during a speech on Tuesday.
On Monday, the US Embassy said it received the cargo on June 7 but had to return it to the Cambodian customs the next day after discovering the bullets in it.
The mission had been expecting a shipment of paintings to decorate its new building for USAID, the US Agency for International Developments.
The embassy said the bullets were intended for a destination in Finland, and had no connection to the US government.
Public affairs officials at Thai Airways could not immediately be reached for comment.
Cambodia's national police chief, Hok Lundy, said yesterday police did not feel there was any cause for concern over the error.
Police said the rifle bullets did not include powder charges. Hun Sen said the misdirected cargo must be kept until "an international investigation" into it is completed.
He said any rush to dispatch it from Cambodia could backfire on his nation, if the bullets fall into wrong hands and are used for terrorist purpose. (AP)
4 comments:
HUN SEN strongman of Cambodia is very nervous about empty bullet?aha
You know when a dictator like HUN SEN had been is power for so long and he knows the day will catch up with him! I think 140,000 bullets are not enough to kill all the Vietcong who are trying to protect HUN SEN and please ship some more!ahahah
I'll say the same! Yahoo!
Poof!
At this age ah hun sen is shooting blank now man. Please give us some nuclear so we can just blwo everything up because life is not fare at all for the poor.
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