In a dark field in Kampong Cham, the hunters became the hunted.

Two men hoping to bring down some wildlife in Cheung Prey district on Friday became targets themselves when villagers began throwing stones at them and pummelling them with sticks. The villagers, who had noticed a spate of chicken thefts of late, saw the two men in the darkness and mistook them for poultry pilferers. Though one was badly injured, the hunters managed to flee before further injury was inflicted. NOKORWAT