PHNOM PENH: Fugitive former Khmer Rouge officer Chhouk Rin, on the run after being sentenced to life for the murders of three western backpackers, may be hiding here, making the current warrant for his arrest invalid, police said yesterday.
In an interview with Chhouk Rin broadcast yesterday morning, Radio Free Asia said he was in Phnom Penh, where medical treatment was more available, and not in the rugged jungles to the south of the country as previously thought.
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