Ex Vietnam Airlines employee arrested for bomb threats

12/7/2010
Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)

Vietnamese police on Monday arrested a former Vietnam Airlines employee who is suspected of having made bomb threats against flights in October, Vietnamnet reported.

Initial investigation showed that during Hanoi’s millennial anniversary, Nguyen Bang Viet, a former coordinator of the carrier’s flight attendants, texted a chief attendant, saying that a bomb had been planted on a flight from Hanoi to Cambodia’s Siem Reap.

This prompted Vietnam Airlines to cancel the flight, tighten security and launch a search for the bomb. Authorities never found an explosive device, according to the police.

Viet, 36, was also accused of emailing another airline official and threatening to plant a bomb on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney. No bomb was found as well, the news source reported.

The police said that, while working for Vietnam Airlines, Viet was punished for several violations.

The case is currently under investigation.

Chinese man arrested in Cambodia on terrorism charges

The hostage, a Chinese woman, was rescued by police and taken to hospital (Photo: Chulthea, Koh Santepheap)
The hostage taker stabbed himself while trying to commit suicide (Photo: Chulthea, Koh Santepheap)

Dec 22, 2008
DPA

Phnom Penh - A Chinese national was arrested and charged with kidnapping and terrorism offences in Cambodia, national media reported Monday.

Police on Sunday arrested Hour Ming, 33, after he allegedly held hostage Seang Youhour, 34, for 13 hours in his house in the capital Phnom Penh and threatened to set off a bomb if officers tried to raid the building, The Phnom Penh Post reported.

The man slashed the victim's face with a knife and stabbed himself in the chest as police raided the house early Sunday morning, officials said.

Police said the suspect and the victim were being treated in a Phnom Penh hospital.