Dec 24: Forty-one houses and a rice mill are burned down when some 30
Khmer Rouge guerrillas raid Svay commune, Samaki Mean Chey district, Kompong
Chhnang, at 10 pm. Six villagers are forced to carry the loot, including gold,
money and even household utensils, from the commune.
Dec 24: Sok Ra, 23, is robbed at gunpoint of his motorcycle by two
offenders when he stops to buy some fruit at Psar Kandal market, Phnom Penh at
8:10 pm.
Dec 25: A Khmer passenger, Sereirath, 32, is wounded by a bullet when
three men in an illegal patrol boat open fire on a passenger boat on the Mekong
river near Prek Liv commune, Kang Meas district, Kompong Cham at 10:30 am. The
offenders stop chasing the boat, going to Phnom Penh, when they realize a
passenger has been injured. People say illegal checkpoints, demanding as much as
one million riels from boats, are mushrooming along the Mekong river.
Dec 26: Two boys, aged only 12, are arrested for robbery by Kien Svay
district police in Svay Rieng province. The two are alleged to have stabbed and
wounded moto-taxi diver Leng Eng, 35, while stealing his motorcycle on Dec
22.
Dec 27: Three houses are burned down when about 20 Khmer Rouge
soldiers attack a village in Tumpor Meas commune, Kompong Speu, at 11 pm. The
guerrillas kidnap the head of the Chrolong Nhos village and steal some of the
people's property.
Dec 27: Three offenders hit moto-taxi driver Neak Seng, 42, on the
head with a handgun and steal his Cub 90 motorcycle and a Radio watch on Street
95, Phnom Penh. He was giving a ride to one of the offenders, when the others
approached on another motorcycle.
Dec 28: Two International Broadcasting corporation reporters and their
driver are robbed by five offenders carrying two AK 47 rifles while returning to
Phnom Penh from Takeo. The bandits force the three to drive to the foot of a
mountain on the Takeo-Kampot border, where they demand $1000. The offenders fire
into the ground when the victims say they do not have the money, before taking
their video camera, walkie-talkie radios and some cash.
Dec 28: Husband Suong Kim San, 27 and wife Iv Thida, 24 are arrested
by the Phnom Penh Crimical Investigation Police for involvement in a failed
robbery of a gold shop on Dec 27, 1993. One robber was killed and another
arrested during the robbery.
Dec 28: Kim Davuth, 33, is arrested shortly after a robbery of a
moto-taxi driver near Pochentong International Airport. Police confiscate the
victim's motorcycle, a chain of keys, a pocket knife and a bottle of chloroform
from Davuth.
Jan 2: Eight passengers and train staff are killed and 30 wounded when
Khmer Rouge guerrillas attack a train in Kompong Chhnang, about 50km from Phnom
Penh. A large amount of goods, valuables and money are taken from
passengers.
Jan 3: Kong Chan Dari, 14, is accidentally killed when a bullet from
an unknown source hits her in Chroy Basak village, Prek Pra commune, about 10 km
southeast of Phnom Penh.
Jan 4: Vietnamese national Trung Duk Nha, 16, is arrested by police
for involvement in a Jan 2 robbery attempt of a moto-taxi driver north of the
Psar Thmei market in Phnom Penh.
Jan 4: A 91-year-old Buddhist nun, Chhim Neang, is killed with an ax
by attackers who rob her of two dumlengs of gold [worth about$900] at Wat Kien
Khleong in Chroy Chan Va commune, Russeikeo district, east of the
Cambodian-Japanese bridge. Police arrest two suspects.
Jan 5: Five houses, 11 goods stores, a jute factory, two trucks, and
two tractors are set alight by a gang of some 30 Khmer Rouge guerrillas who
attack Samroang Khnong commune, Ek Phnom district, Battambang, at 11:40 pm. The
bandits retreat when counter-attacked by government militias and soldiers.
- Summarized from Khmer newspapers by Moeun Chhean Nariddh
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