By Douglas Gillison
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Cambodian officials on Thursday discounted reports that fugitive former police chief Heng Pov had left Singapore, despite a claim by his attorney Wednesday that both men were traveling to an unnamed third country.
"I think he's still in Singapore," said Keo Vanthan, first deputy director of the Interpol office in Phnom Penh. "I’m not sure that his lawyer told you the truth," he added.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak agreed.
"We received information that Heng Pov has not been moved," he said. "We know where Heng Pov is," he added.
An official at the Singapore Embassy declined to comment.
Heng Pov's Australian lawyer, David Chen, did not respond to e-mailed requests for comment on Thursday.
Khieu Sopheak also said that Heng Pov's diplomatic passport had been invalidated and that his regular Cambodian passport is due to expire in November.
He declined to say whether diplomatic relations would be affected if a country offered the renegade Heng Pov political asylum.
"I think good countries are not the paradise for criminals and killers," said Khieu Sopheak.
Keo Vanthan said that in the absence of an extradition treaty, Singaporean authorities would not arrest Heng Pov unless he breaks Singaporean laws.
"If he goes to another country, the 'red notice' also alerts immigration," he added, referring to a global Interpol bulletin issued for Heng Pov Aug 4.
"I think he's still in Singapore," said Keo Vanthan, first deputy director of the Interpol office in Phnom Penh. "I’m not sure that his lawyer told you the truth," he added.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak agreed.
"We received information that Heng Pov has not been moved," he said. "We know where Heng Pov is," he added.
An official at the Singapore Embassy declined to comment.
Heng Pov's Australian lawyer, David Chen, did not respond to e-mailed requests for comment on Thursday.
Khieu Sopheak also said that Heng Pov's diplomatic passport had been invalidated and that his regular Cambodian passport is due to expire in November.
He declined to say whether diplomatic relations would be affected if a country offered the renegade Heng Pov political asylum.
"I think good countries are not the paradise for criminals and killers," said Khieu Sopheak.
Keo Vanthan said that in the absence of an extradition treaty, Singaporean authorities would not arrest Heng Pov unless he breaks Singaporean laws.
"If he goes to another country, the 'red notice' also alerts immigration," he added, referring to a global Interpol bulletin issued for Heng Pov Aug 4.
1 comment:
it’s funny. all the reports wrote about Heng Pov failed to mention one very important fact that is so obvious and so direct.
Heng Pov got to where he was because he was a viet-khmer, married a viet woman, and his father in law is a viet agent in PP. this is a fact, straight and direct. Heng Pov or anyone else can be 100 times more talented, more brave, more ruthless, more efficient, more daring, more whatever… will never rise to Heng Pov’s position, will never ever be that close to Hun Sen’s inner circle. yet no one mentioned this, no one mention the web of strings being pulled from Hanoi by vietnam at the highest level and at all levels of Cambodia’s CPP party. this fact only to explain the bizzare behavior of the cambodian govt that at times seemed anti-khmer, anti-progess, and ganster-like.
if heng pov gets to talk, he will expose the most outrageous stories of how vietnam manipulates Cambodia into a disastrous country and killing all the dissents.
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