Friday, June 04, 2010

Two foreigners charged in terrorism hoax after business dispute

Jun 4, 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - Two foreign nationals have appeared in a Cambodian court after an escalating business dispute saw threatening letters sent to three Western embassies, local media reported Friday.

The letters reportedly stated that foreigners with al-Qaeda links would bomb the embassies of the United States, Britain and Australia.

Police spokesman Kirt Chantarith told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper that a Nepali man and a Bangladeshi man had been charged with spreading disinformation.

'We found that this case came from a business dispute, and there is no relation to terrorism,' he told the newspaper.

Spokesmen for the embassies involved declined to comment on the arrests.

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