Lay Virak (File photo)Tuesday, 01 November 2011
Meas Sokchea
Phnom Penh Post
A pair of two-star generals, one of them a former provincial governor, had been caught with about a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine and arrested yesterday, a government spokesman said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak, said former Oddar Meanchey provincial governor Lay Virak and Khuon Roeun were caught with the drug commonly known as ice.
“[We] have real evidence after finding [the drug] in his [Lay Virak’s] car, and another two-star general is involved,” he said, adding that both men were advisers to the Ministry of Defence.
Lay Virak is former senior member of the Funcinpec party, previously led by then co-prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
Norodom Ranariddh Party spokesman Pen Sangha said Lay Virak had no association with the prince’s new eponymous party.
Lay Virak, Khuon Roeun and Defence Ministry spokesman Chum Socheat could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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Cambodia arrests generals over drugs
From: AAP
November 01, 2011
POLICE in Cambodia say they have detained two army generals suspected of trafficking methamphetamine.
National police spokesman General Kirth Chantharith says the two had been under surveillance for months and were detained yesterday.
He identified the two today as Lay Virak and Khun Rouen. Both are active duty major generals who also hold advisory positions within the defence ministry.
In January, three senior police officers including a head of the country's anti-drug trafficking agency were arrested and charged with drug-related corruption.
South East Asia has long been a major producer and exporter of heroin, and in recent years it has also become a major source of stimulant-type drugs such as methamphetamine.
A pair of two-star generals, one of them a former provincial governor, had been caught with about a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine and arrested yesterday, a government spokesman said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak, said former Oddar Meanchey provincial governor Lay Virak and Khuon Roeun were caught with the drug commonly known as ice.
“[We] have real evidence after finding [the drug] in his [Lay Virak’s] car, and another two-star general is involved,” he said, adding that both men were advisers to the Ministry of Defence.
Lay Virak is former senior member of the Funcinpec party, previously led by then co-prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
Norodom Ranariddh Party spokesman Pen Sangha said Lay Virak had no association with the prince’s new eponymous party.
Lay Virak, Khuon Roeun and Defence Ministry spokesman Chum Socheat could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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Cambodia arrests generals over drugs
From: AAP
November 01, 2011
POLICE in Cambodia say they have detained two army generals suspected of trafficking methamphetamine.
National police spokesman General Kirth Chantharith says the two had been under surveillance for months and were detained yesterday.
He identified the two today as Lay Virak and Khun Rouen. Both are active duty major generals who also hold advisory positions within the defence ministry.
In January, three senior police officers including a head of the country's anti-drug trafficking agency were arrested and charged with drug-related corruption.
South East Asia has long been a major producer and exporter of heroin, and in recent years it has also become a major source of stimulant-type drugs such as methamphetamine.
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