Cambodian link with LTTE revealed as three held for arms smuggling

CAMBODIA: The recent arrest of three Cambodians for smuggling shoulder - launched anti tank missiles has revealed that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam along with other military outfits in South Asia were supplied with arms from Cambodia.

An AFP datelined report quoting a court official from Cambodia said yesterday three Cambodians had been charged with smuggling shoulder-launched anti tank missiles.

"We charged them and the investigation is under way," said Phnom Penh municipal court prosecutor Uk Savuth after the three men were arrested last week in a village just outside the capital.

Cambodia, awash with weaponry after almost three decades of war, has been accused of being a major source of illegal arms sold to rebel groups across Asia including the LTTE and militants in Indonesia.

- Phnom Penh, AFP