Cambodia: Details are Sketchy

After years of searching authorities have located and arrested Sin Dorn in connection with the murder of British deminer Christopher Howes, reports Reuters.

Cambodia has arrested and charged a former Khmer Rouge soldier in connection with the murder of a British de-miner more than a decade ago, a judge said on Wednesday.

Sin Dorn, 52, was formally charged on Tuesday with the abduction and premeditated murder of Christopher Howes of UK-based charity Mines Advisory Group in the northern province of Siem Reap in 1996. His Cambodian translator was also killed.

“The authorities were searching for him for several years, but couldn’t find him. We finally arrested him and have thrown him in jail,” investigating Judge Ke Sakhan told Reuters.

Authorities couldn’t have been looking too hard. Sin Dorn was found near Anlong Veng, not far from where Christopher Howes was murdered. The BBC has more.