Phnom Penh
20 February 2008
Immigration police detained an American citizen Wednesday on suspicion he sent a letter to a local newspaper that caused security concerns for the US embassy, police said.
Gerald Francis Forbes, 53, a former US Marine, was being held and could be deported, though he had not yet been charged with a crime, Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said.
Cambodian police and military units were deployed late Monday in response to a letter that constituted a security concern, officials said Tuesday.
US embassy officials said they did not consider the letter a credible threat.
Gerald Francis Forbes, 53, a former US Marine, was being held and could be deported, though he had not yet been charged with a crime, Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said.
Cambodian police and military units were deployed late Monday in response to a letter that constituted a security concern, officials said Tuesday.
US embassy officials said they did not consider the letter a credible threat.
6 comments:
If found to be guilty of causing or provoking threat to the security of any diplomat compound, then shall be charged, deported and banned from entering the country
2:38A who are you, a lawmaker?
Congratulations on the apprehending an alleged suspect involving in the security threat!!. It really shows the virtuosity of the National Police Department in fighting against terrorism.
There were numerous dead threats to journalists and public servants in Cambodia, nothing was done in terms of the investigation.
Cambodian people urge the national investigators to conduct the investigatons into those dead threats so that those perpetrators can be apprehended and brought to justice. I can assure you that Cambodian people will not have despair in the police Department and judiciary.
8:47 AM
Hey, why are you so fucking idiot moran?! Now you think that the U.S. will provide the regime additional aid because of this small incident. Again, you and your government are fucking moran!
All of you with this fucking government are fucking moran!
And how the fuck do you know if that was a set up by the U.S. government to test your fucking government?
To: 3:31 AM
I am not a lawmaker.
SO you think that particular foreigner should not face any charge for his own action.
And who are you by the way?
To 1:18PM, I have read your published comments and found it to be very indignant and offensive. Why were you decisively defending such threat to US.Embassy?. Your published comment has shown that you were profoundly distraught and defensive. Are you the foreign perpetrator residing in Cambodia who initially generated this security threat?.
Fortunately, I do not know you personally, but I can decisively, arbitrarily characterize your misperception about my published comments.
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