Deutsche Presse Agentur
Friday September 1, 2006
Singapore- A former Cambodian police chief wanted for two assassinations and three attempted murders was deported from Singapore, a newspaper said on Saturday. Heng Pov was arrested on Friday for overstaying and sent back to Cambodia after he was handed over to immigration officials, The Straits Times reported.
The former "top cop" fled to Singapore in late July. He sought asylum in Australia, but was turned down.
A former Phnom Penh police commissioner, Heng Pov later became an adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen. He also served as undersecretary of state in the Ministry of the Interior.
He is wanted for allegedly masterminding the April 2003 murder of Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Sok Setha Mony, who was shot in his car.
He has also been linked to failed assassination attempts against a newspaper publisher, an electricity authority official and the national military police chief, the report said.
Heng Pov faces life imprisonment if convicted in Cambodia.
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