by Lucky Lucan » Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:27 am
This old article about the Flying Tigers is interesting, I didn't think their creation was anything to do with crime against foreigners, I guess they have larger-ranging duties now. :
With two units of 40 officers each, the Flying Tigers were created at the end of May to counter a wave of crime against foreigners in Cambodia, which at its peak earlier this year averaged 20 robberies and carjackings per week. This forced foreign tourists, aid workers and businessmen to stay off the streets at night to avoid attacks, and had a devastating effect on the country.
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/12/04/ ... 849675600/
This Phnom Penh Post article covers the same story:
The Tigers are one of two response teams set up by Cambodia's Interior Ministry in a bid to curb the surge of violent crime which has swamped Phnom Penh over the past
four months. Consisting of two teams of heavily armed police they specialize in rapid response to kidnappings, armed robberies and car hijackings.
The 82 man unit of volunteers has adopted a high profile in Phnom Penh - motorbikes, sometimes carrying two pillion riders armed with AK 47's and with the word POLICE
emblazoned across their backs, cruising the city's night spots conducting random weapons checks.
But he is under no illusions, claiming that most of those busted in the Ministry's offensive are what he calls "playboys" - high spirited youngsters with
access to weapons and a hankering to live the lavish lifestyle of their video heroes. He elaborates with an anecdote about a gang of youths who had been stealing motos
and bailing up foreigners. "They would tell people not to call the police otherwise they would be killed," he said of the group who hung out at the Martini Nightclub
and whose crimes paid for long stays at expensive hotels.
"We ambushed them close to Martinis one night. They didn't put up a fight because they were too frightened by all the uniformed police."
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/t ... enh-jungle
This old article about the Flying Tigers is interesting, I didn't think their creation was anything to do with crime against foreigners, I guess they have larger-ranging duties now. :
[quote] With two units of 40 officers each, the Flying Tigers were created at the end of May to counter a wave of crime against foreigners in Cambodia, which at its peak earlier this year averaged 20 robberies and carjackings per week. This forced foreign tourists, aid workers and businessmen to stay off the streets at night to avoid attacks, and had a devastating effect on the country. [/quote]
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/12/04/Cambodian-Flying-Tigers-tackle-crime/8894849675600/
This Phnom Penh Post article covers the same story:
[quote]The Tigers are one of two response teams set up by Cambodia's Interior Ministry in a bid to curb the surge of violent crime which has swamped Phnom Penh over the past
four months. Consisting of two teams of heavily armed police they specialize in rapid response to kidnappings, armed robberies and car hijackings.
The 82 man unit of volunteers has adopted a high profile in Phnom Penh - motorbikes, sometimes carrying two pillion riders armed with AK 47's and with the word POLICE
emblazoned across their backs, cruising the city's night spots conducting random weapons checks.
But he is under no illusions, claiming that most of those busted in the Ministry's offensive are what he calls "playboys" - high spirited youngsters with
access to weapons and a hankering to live the lavish lifestyle of their video heroes. He elaborates with an anecdote about a gang of youths who had been stealing motos
and bailing up foreigners. "They would tell people not to call the police otherwise they would be killed," he said of the group who hung out at the Martini Nightclub
and whose crimes paid for long stays at expensive hotels.
"We ambushed them close to Martinis one night. They didn't put up a fight because they were too frightened by all the uniformed police."[/quote]
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tigers-sharpen-their-claws-phnom-penh-jungle