World IN BRIEF : CAMBODIA : Official, Police Chief Held in Failed Coup
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A senior Cambodian official and the chief of police in charge of Phnom Penh were arrested in connection with a failed coup last weekend. Army reinforcements and armored personnel carriers were sent to patrol the city as fears of a second coup attempt swept the government. Officials, fearing assassination by leaders of the attempted coup still at large, stayed away from their offices and homes.
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