By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
06 August 2009

Cambodia’s top policeman has been invited to an international counter-terrorism and organized crime conference in California, US and Cambodian officials said.

Representatives from 12 different countries are expected to attend the five-day conference, which begins Aug. 24, including Gen. Neth Savoeun, the national police chief, who a Web site for the conference said is scheduled as a guest speaker.

Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said Monday the ministry had made a decision “in principle” to send Neth Savoeun as head of a delegation, in an annual trip that used to be undertaken by the deceased former head of police, Hok Lundy.

Edward Yee, a police investigator in Orange County, Calif., and president of the Asian Gang Investigators Association of California, said the Cambodian police had changed plans several times on attendance.