Though bare-chestedness may be the norm among men in Cambodia, the same will not be tolerated among the fairer sex, particularly when accompanied by attempted assault.

Such was the case of a woman arrested for wandering the streets of the capital topless near the night market, trying to beat people with a stick.

Arriving on the scene and deeming her mentally unsound, two policemen took her to a psychiatric hospital.

RASMEI KAMPUCHEA