By Men Kimseng, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Washington
06 January 2010
Investigating a deadly grenade attack 13 years ago, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation found Cambodian authorities uncooperative, in a case that remains untouched yet unclosed.
The FBI was brought in to investigate the March 30, 1997, attack on an opposition rally that killed 16 Cambodians and wounded more than 100 others, along with an American citizen.
The FBI produced sketches of nine suspects, but agents faced difficulty interviewing police and other officials affiliated with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, according to the English-language Cambodia Daily, which ran a series in December based on FBI documents released under a Freedom of Information request.
The FBI reported at the time it received doctored evidence, while Cambodian authorities seemed to have little interest in identifying the attackers, forcing agents to find information from outside sources, the Cambodia Daily reported, quoting the FBI’s case file.
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