DRUNKEN STICK FIGHT LEADS TO ARRESTS

Police in Kampong Speu province have arrested two men and are looking for two others accused of getting drunk and beating three people with sticks last Wednesday. Military police said the group of seven men were drinking alcohol together in a binge that lasted several hours. A verbal argument started somehow, leading them to attack one another with wooden sticks. Two of the suspects managed to escape.

KOH SANTEPHEAP

ACCUSED'S OLDER SIS TRIES TO STOP FIGHT

Police in Poipet town are looking for four men accused of beating a man who tried to overtake their car on a motorbike. The 41-year-old victim told police while he was recovering at Banteay Meanchey provincial hospital that he tried to overtake the car, but ended up almost hitting it when he swerved to avoid a pothole. The group in the car then started to beat him, he said. During the beating, however, one of the assailant’s older sisters came to the scene and intervened, promising that she would help solve the dispute later. Police say they would only bring the four men to justice once they receive a letter of complaint from the victim’s family.

KOH SANTEPHEAP

BROKER ACCUSED OF FENCING STOLEN CAR

Police in Svay Rieng province have arrested a 55-year-old pawnbroker accused of accepting a stolen car. The arrest happened Saturday after police received a complaint letter from a car owner who said his vehicle had been stolen. Police said they found a luxury vehicle at the accused man’s house. Police said the pawnbroker said that he bought the car for US$30,000 last month. Police are currently looking for the man who sold the vehicle after he allegedly stole it.

RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

MYSTERIOUS PLANTS SEIZED BY POLICE

Police in Kampot province arrested four accused prostitutes during a raid on a suspected brothel last Sunday. But police said the brothel’s owner and six patrons somehow managed to escape their grasp during the raid. Police said they also found 1 kilogram of a mysterious narcotic plant in the brothel. Authorities have seized the plants as well as five motorbikes.

RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

KRATIE POLICE ARREST RIVER RAPE SUSPECT

Police in Kratie province have arrested a man, 46, accused of raping a woman on a ferry dock. Police said the assault happened Friday while the pair were waiting for a ferry to cross the river in the middle of the night. The man was brought to the police station after a patrolling officer decided the pair looked “suspicious”.

KOH SANTEPHEAP