Calling cops a bad bet for illegal bookies in Phnom Penh

Three people may want to read the Kingdom’s laws more carefully after they were arrested for calling police to their own illegal football gambling establishment yesterday in Teuk La’ak II commune in Phnom Penh.

The constabulary were called to the scene after two punters lost $1,000 then tore some bills when they tried to snatch them out of a staff member’s hand, before fleeing.

Arriving at the betting parlour, cops noted the place had no gambling licence, so they shut it down and booked the three purveyors.

KOH SANTEPHEAP

MOST VIEWED

LPG gas explosion injures 13 people, including foreigners, in Siem Reap
An explosion on Wednesday at a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) car and tuk-tuk refuelling station in Siem Reap city has left 13 people, including an American and a Briton, suffering burns. The seven most severely burned, including a provincial police officer, were sent to a Thai
Over 100 Chinese nationals to be deported for online scam
The Ministry of Interior is planning to deport 128 Chinese nationals after they were arrested in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in an online money extortion scam. Y Sokhy, the head of the Department of Counter-terrorism and Transnational Crime, told The Post
More than 800 people test positive for HIV in 2018
The National Aids Authority (NAA) said more than 800 people tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) last year, joining over 76,000 others aged between 15 and 49 in the Kingdom already infected with the virus. The spread of HIV/AIDS in the Kingdom is showing few signs of
Rainsy vow to return on Nov 9 dismissed as ‘political warfare’
An announcement from the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) that its “acting president” Sam Rainsy would return to the Kingdom on November 9 was dismissed on Sunday as “political warfare”. The CNRP made the announcement on Friday after a permanent committee meeting chaired by

Search form

Phnom Penh Post - Calling cops a bad bet for illegal bookies in Phnom Penh