The Green Skin Commander of Siem Reap City sat in his office, stewing in silence.
He truly did not know what to do. After spending the entire day dealing with a single criminal, his subordinates had suffered devastating losses. He had even lost a great deal of face before the higher-ups.
If he could not even catch one criminal, did he still have the nerve to sit in that position?
That was why the commander was so depressed. Fortunately, the upper level had also reviewed some of the surveillance footage from the scene and had no objections to his command decisions. In fact, if they had been there themselves, they might not have done as well as he had.
Thus, they merely gave him a verbal reprimand and applied a little pressure.
They also ordered him to quickly come up with a good solution and deal with the criminal. An incident like this—especially one involving gunfights and combustion explosions comparable to scenes from a movie—was extremely detrimental to Siem Reap City's image as Cambodia's friendly international gateway.
Siem Reap City was, after all, a tourist city. Most of its residents and fiscal income depended on tourism revenue.
Although Angkor Wat, the world-famous ancient structure, had now become ruins, there were other buildings from the same period, such as Queen's Temple, that were also quite worthwhile destinations.
Besides, those were merely labels. More importantly, the service industry here had begun to develop. Many people came to Siem Reap because of its clean air, cheap prices, and the many services men enjoyed. That income was also a major source of revenue.
But if a city's public security was poor, with gunfights breaking out every other day, who would come here to travel? If it happened often enough, perhaps it would no longer