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Tycoon Says He Financed Hun Sen Coup

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Tycoon Says He Financed Hun Sen Coup; $1 Million Underwrote Cambodian Takeover The Washington Post July 24, 1997 By Nate Thayer A powerful Cambodian businessman and suspected drug kingpin says he gave more than $1 million in cash and gold to co-prime minister Hun Sen and his allies to fund a coup that ousted rival […]

Drug Suspects Bankroll Cambodian Coup Leader

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Drug Suspects Bankroll Cambodian Coup Leader; Narcotics Traffic Booms as Loans, Gifts Flow Washington Post July 22, 1997 By Nate Thayer When a prominent businessman and senior adviser to Cambodian co-prime minister Hun Sen was implicated in an attempt to smuggle seven tons of marijuana out of the country recently, a top official in the […]

Cambodia: Asia’s New Narco-State? Medellin on the Mekong

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 Cambodia: Asia’s New Narco-State? Medellin on the Mekong Far Eastern Economic Review COVER STORY (Three story package below) 23 Nov 1995 By Nate Thayer Has Cambodia become a mafia state? Nate Thayer reports that in the two years since UN-run elections, criminal syndicates protected by high-ranking have turned the country into a major centre for […]

Thai Border: A Wild West of Anarchy

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Thai Border: A Wild West of Anarchy By Nate Thayer Phnom Penh Post Friday, 20 November 1992 BANGKOK, Thailand-Thai officials, black market traders, and U.N. workers who have operated on the Thai-Cambodian border for years say U.N. efforts to impose economic sanctions against the Khmer Rouge will be virtually impossible to enforce. The U.N. hopes […]

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