Former Policeman Arrested in Acid Attack Case
By Mean Veasna, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
14 May 2008
A former municipal police officer has been arrested following an acid
attack earlier this month, and officials said Wednesday he may have
connections to senior government figures.
Ear Puthea, 34, was arrested and transferred to the courts Tuesday,
said Lt. Gen. Sok Phal, deputy chief of National Police.
=93He is charged, but please I do not want to say for what he is
charged,=94 said Ek Chheng Huot, deputy prosecutor for Phnom Penh
Municipal Court.
The arrest is linked to a May 8 acid attack on Ya Soknim, whose family
have said she was the victim of violence in a love affair involving a
high-ranking military police official.
Rights workers said the case was linked to =93personalities=94 in the
government, while noting that suspects in acid attacks are rarely
punished.
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