A punch-up in Kampong Cham town on Tuesday left a man who went to intervene in the provincial hospital.

Two groups of young men out partying in a local club got into a quarrel, taking the verbal exchange outside and bringing it to the next level.

An onlooker, seeing the sparring, went to intervene. But the group turned on him, leaving him battered and bruised.

Police arrested seven attackers and sent the victim to hospital. KOH SANTEPHEAP