Re: The FBI conducted an investigation of a 1997 grenade attack in Phnom Penh and will not investigate further unless more evidence is brought forward, the Bureau's director said

On Jan 31, 12:27�pm, Chim <Chi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
FBI 'Happy to Receive' Grenade Attack Evidence
By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report Phnom Penh
31 January 2008

The FBI conducted an investigation of a 1997 grenade attack in Phnom
Penh and will not investigate further unless more evidence is brought
forward, the Bureau's director said in Phnom Penh Thursday.

Director Robert Mueller, who officially opened the Bureau's Phnom Penh
legal attache office Thursday, declined to talk about particular
aspects of the investigation, into the grenade attack on a Sam Rainsy
Party rally that left at least 16 dead and more than 140 injured,
including one American.

"I would tell you that we did an investigation, and if there is any
additional evidence or information that will be assisting that
investigation, we'll be happy to receive it," said Mueller, who
stopped in Cambodia for two days as part of a regional tour. The
official opening of the office brought the number of FBI overseas
legal attaches to more than 60, Mueller said.

The office, which effectively has been open a year, helps Cambodian
authorities with counterterrorism and cross-border crimes. The FBI has
been criticized by rights groups for its close cooperation with
Cambodian police, who often perpetrate crimes and rights abuses.

National Police Chief Gen. Hok Lundy, who has had close talks with the
FBI since the attache office opened, has been accused of a number of
crimes, including suspected murder and human and drug trafficking.

Mueller said at the ceremony he was on a trip of "friendship building"
and information exchange.

Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said there was nothing unusual
about the visit, which followed Cambodia's request for greater US
cooperation in law enforcement.

That cooperation has included training with the FBI as well as US
agents at the seaport in Sihanoukville "to help us do most of the
jobs," he said.

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Head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller
(R) and U.S. ambassador to Cambodia Joseph A. Mussomeli cut a ribbon
during the inauguration of an FBI office in Phnom Penh January 31,
2008
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