Ex-top cop in custody
The former Phnom Penh police chief, who is wanted in Cambodia on murder charges, has been arrested in Singapore after he overstayed his visa in the city-state, a Cambodian official said yesterday.
Heng Pov had fled to Singapore in late July to escape charges in connection with the assassination of a judge in 2003. "He was arrested in Singapore last night because he violated Singapore's law by overstaying his visa," Cambodian Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said. Heng Pov, once a top adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen, is also alleged to be involved in failed assassination attempts on a newspaper publisher, a prosecutor, an electricity authority official and the national military police chief. - the nation Heng Pov, once a top adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen, had sought asylum in Australia, but the embassy in Singapore turned him down. He then appealed directly to Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, apparently without success. Singapore and Cambodia do not have an extradition treaty, but Cambodian officials that he will be sent home to face trial. Khieu Sopheak said that Heng Pov would likely be punished in Singapore on the immigration charge before being deported to Cambodia. Heng Pov is also alleged to be involved in failed assassination attempts on a newspaper publisher, a prosecutor, an electricity authority official and the national military police chief.
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