Guerrillas Release Briton and His Aide
From Times Wire Reports
Khmer Rouge guerrillas have freed a British mine-clearing expert and his Cambodian interpreter nearly eight months after they were seized near the Angkor temple complex. Christopher Howes, 36, of Bristol, England, and Houn Hourth were described as “weak and very thin.” The men had reportedly been slave laborers since their capture. They were freed as part of a deal allowing Khmer Rouge guerrillas in the mine-laying units to defect to the government, an official said.
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