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Man to thirsty labourers: ’Here’s mud in your eye’

| Publication date 17 August 2017 | 14:51 ICT

Man to thirsty labourers: ’Here’s mud in your eye’

Making a splash in more way than one, a capital garment worker was arrested by police on Sunday after spraying water on construction workers, then attacking them with a knife when they came to demand an apology.

The labourers were drinking in front of their dorm when the suspect drove through a nearby puddle and splattered them.

The day when the workers came to his house, the mudslinger opted for an upgrade and started swinging a blade, but police managed to swing a compromise with the feuding sides.

Koh Santepheap

Contact author: Yon Sineat

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