Drugs in Cambodia

The triangle is an area of roughly 350,000 square kilometers that overlaps the mountainous regions of four nations of Southeast Asian: Myanmar also known as Burma, Laos, and Thailand.

[citation needed] Teng Bunma was one of the wealthiest people in Cambodia with connections to leading politicians, military officials, and businessmen.

Bunma was the owner of the luxury hotel "Intercontinental" in Phnom Penh and the „"Rasmei Kampuchea," the largest daily newspaper in Cambodia with a circulation of about 18,000.

A 1996 article, "Medellin on the Mekong" in the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review, by United States journalist Nate Thayer, described Teng Bunma as a significant figure in Cambodia's international drug-smuggling trade.

[5][6] Many human rights activists in Denmark are advocating for the release of Axelsen due to the inhumane conditions of the prison and the Danish government are trying to work with Cambodian officials in order to appeal the court ruling.

We are cracking down hard on people who provide illegal drugs.’ On April 10, 2009, four drug traders and traffickers, including two Cambodian nationals were prosecuted and arrested.