It's a good day to be Hok Lundy

It really pays to be a top level official in most countries. You can get away with murder, trafficking in drugs and people, conspiring to attack a peaceful demonstration by the opposition.

One of the foremost human rights organisations in the world can claim that you represent the absolute worst that Cambodia has to offer and should never have been given a U.S. visa. Through all this your government will defend you against unacceptable, groundless, baseless allegations that tarnish the reputation of the national police chief and the police force.

Your crimes do not seem to matter, what is important is your reputation and presumably your "good name". Is this another indication of face saving or simply a "protect our own" thing? For the FBI, it is clearly an expediency issue. Despite the outcry of human rights and other groups the so-called "War on terror" is trampling on human rights worldwide by supporting and funding those in power, guilty of human rights abuses.