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Chinese man arrested in Cambodia on terrorism charges
Dec 22, 2008, 2:54 GMT
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.
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Any terrorist act in Cambodia are low act; The country just recovered from war in the past decates; Cambodia can't even stand for itself; Why these lives hated people want to do such thing in the poor country. Can you people just leave this country out of your stupid ideas; leave this country and its people live in peace for godsack;
For chinese man to go crazy, he must have been owed $$$ by khmer man
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Khmer_SamDec 22nd, 2008 - 06:32:41
Wish other Asians stop meddling in my country...Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, etc.
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