She's serving a year on probation. The mix-up happened because a list of local residents had only the last two digits of his birth date, Roland Dougoud, town hall secretary in the western city of Echallens, said Tuesday. Millions of computers around the world must be reprogrammed to recognize the year 2000. Normally, they read only a year's last two digits, which could make them assume it is 1900. A kidnapped Interior Ministry official won his freedom Tuesday by snatching a grenade and an assault rifle from his abductors, who then fled.
Kidnappings are common in the Cambodian capital.
But police said Kong Teng pre-empted the kidnappers' ransom plans by wrestling away a grenade and a Kalashnikov rifle from his abductors. He then tossed the grenade and fired the rifle in the air at his kidnappers, who escaped. No one was hurt. David Windell, the boy's grandfather, came to his rescue. A game warden helped free the boy.