via Phnm Penh Post, 20 December 2020: Cambodian police arrest a broker for facilitating the sale of a bronze artefact, supposedly from Stung Treng province.
Russey KEO district police are set to send a man to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on December 21 for trafficking an artefact rumoured to be worth $70 million.
The broker was arrested on December 17 along with the owner of the bronze artefact while planning to sell it.
Russey Keo district police chief Heang Tharet declined to provide details on December 20.
“We are sending the case to the court on December 21 for legal procedure. The officials of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts are studying and determining the real value of the artefact. I cannot comment further yet,” he said.
Source: Man headed to court for trafficking ‘ancient’ relic | Phnom Penh Post
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