A "gangster", 25, was picked up late Tuesday by police for critically injuring a woman living in Banteay Meanchey’s Serei Sophoan town. Police said the suspect was belligerently drunk and shouting before a female neighbour, 38, began complaining about the noise.

The gangster responded by slapping her and beating her with a wooden stick. Her family called the authorities, who arrived and promptly arrested him. KOH SANTEPHEAP