Eight people suspected of being members of the Khmer National Liberation Front have been arrested for trafficking illegal firearms meant to be used in a plot to overthrow the government, National Police spokesman Lieutenant General Chhay Kim Khoeun said yesterday. Lt Gen Kim Khoeun said police confiscated 28 AK-47 assault rifles and apprehended eight people in separate operations in Kampong Speu, Kampot, and Pursat provinces since September 28 over their alleged involvement with two movements to overthrow the government. Lt Gen Kim Khoeun said that 20 AK-47 assault rifles were confiscated in Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district where the suspects buried them and the others were found in Kampot and Pursat provinces.

The eight suspects charged over an alleged plot to overthrow the government. Koh Santepheap

He refused to identify the eight suspects, saying police are looking for their companions and the mastermind. “I can not say anything more than this. Please let the police work on it first,” he said. “The operation is not yet finished.” According to a report obtained by Khmer Times yesterday, the eight suspects are linked to the Khmer National Liberation Front and the Tiger Head movement, both organisations deemed terrorists by the government.

 

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Meanwhile in certain other nearby countries, coup leaders are rewarded massively for successful coups.