Tuesday, January 23, 2007

A young woman who forgot how to smile

Ro Cham H'pnhieng sits in her house in Oyadaw village, near the border with Vietnam in northeast Cambodia January 23, 2007. A Cambodian woman who went missing in the jungle for 18 years before being found last week is struggling to adapt to life as a human and wants to return to the forest, police said on Friday. Ro went missing as an eight-year-old along with her cousin when they were sent to tend cows near the border with Vietnam. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Ro Cham H'pnhieng sits outside her house in Oyadaw village, near the border with Vietnam in northeast Cambodia January 23, 2007. A Cambodian woman who went missing in the jungle for 18 years before being found last week is struggling to adapt to life as a human and wants to return to the forest, police said on Friday. Ro went missing as an eight-year-old along with her cousin when they were sent to tend cows near the border with Vietnam. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Ro Cham H'pnhieng sits outside her house in Oyadaw village, near the border with Vietnam in northeast Cambodia January 23, 2007. A Cambodian woman who went missing in the jungle for 18 years before being found last week is struggling to adapt to life as a human and wants to return to the forest, police said on Friday. Ro went missing as an eight-year-old along with her cousin when they were sent to tend cows near the border with Vietnam. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian boy looks at Ro Cham H'pnhieng (front) and her mother Ros Chamsoy as sit outside their house in Oyadaw village, near the border with Vietnam in northeast Cambodia January 23, 2007. A Cambodian woman who went missing in the jungle for 18 years before being found last week is struggling to adapt to life as a human and wants to return to the forest, police said on Friday. Ro went missing as an eight-year-old along with her cousin when they were sent to tend cows near the border with Vietnam. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Ro Cham H'pnhieng (front) and her mother Ros Chamsoy sit outside their house in Oyadaw village, near the border with Vietnam in northeast Cambodia January 23, 2007. A Cambodian woman who went missing in the jungle for 18 years before being found last week is struggling to adapt to life as a human and wants to return to the forest, police said on Friday. Ro went missing as an eight-year-old along with her cousin when they were sent to tend cows near the border with Vietnam. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Leave her and the family alone.

24i07

Anonymous said...

With the pictures, her left wrist scar was apparently strangulated.

Anonymous said...

Law need to be involved.

Anonymous said...

Is she a really a lost child from the jungle for 18 years? I hope we don't get deceived from Viet Cong. I still feel skeptical about this jungle lady. I feel that it is just a made up story . I hope I am wrong. If this was really true, I pity her.