Friday, April 27, 2007

Murdered newspaper editor body found in a suitcase

27 April 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The nude body of a man was found near National Road 4, about 200-meter west of Penh Nil mountain. The family of the victim claimed that the dead man is 30-year-old Pov Sam Ath, the editor of the Samleng Khmer Krom (Voice of Khmer Krom). The body of the man was found in the morning of 25 April in the Treng Troyoeung commune, Phnom Sruoch district, Kompons Speu province. The man was murdered and his body was stuffed in a big suitcase which was thrown away along National Road 4. According to police, the body of the dead man bears the mark of a steel bicycle brake cable around his neck, and his face was beat up on his forehead, both his eyeballs were shattered. The family of Pov Sam At said that he disappeared since 20 April, along with a 1993 Toyota Camry. Om Chandara, president of the Association of Journalist Friends, issued a statement condemning the murder of Pov Sam Ath, and considers this murder as a coward act with the intention of threatening the spirit and the safety of journalists.

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Body of the Samleng Khmer Krom editor after he was removed from the suitcase (Photo: Chamroeun, Koh Santepheap newspaper)

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is clearly showing us that Hun Sen government is feeding many Yuan gangster to operate, intimidate and murder innocenet Khmer people who dare stand up to criticize and fight against imperialism of Yuan...

Khmer people will not stop our struggle...

Anonymous said...

it is too bad to commit evil thing like this case. I feel so sorry for that. I tell you, something to do with politic, they would not spare you, this is the CPP's strategy, They please Hanoi boss and if not they won't get power- they can do everyting as long as they have power, it is diferent from those who respect democracy.

Anonymous said...

First, I thought they found the
body in wood, and now the suitcase?
I will wait until they made up
their mind.

Anonymous said...

OK, Hok Lundy dines and wines with the FBI and the CIA. Let us hope that the three amigos would help us to catch the murderer...

Anonymous said...

Khmer bloods are bleeding everyday and everywhere in former Khmer Territory, in Kampuchea-Krom and in Central Cambodia. The Viets have been bleeding all khmers to death. In 1975, They used Khmer-Rouge Label to kill Khmers. They have set khmer against khmers.

Ever since their occupation of Cambodia in 1979, the Viets continued killing Khmers under the pretext of preventing Khmer-Rouge return and protecting khmer people from khmer-Rouge massacre.

Killing of Khmers by the viets has never stop.

Anonymous said...

Noope, the viet loves khmer, but
hate Ah Khmer-Yuons.

Anonymous said...

4:26 PM look Moron if Ah Yuon hate Ah Khmer-Yuon next time I suggest ah Yuon retreated back to the North and try to enter from Laos instead so that way you can avoid them. Fucking idiot, Ah Yuon hate Ah Jen too motherfucker, you forget the that fucking HO want all you Jen kill too. Fucking moron than a fucking stupid moron.

Anonymous said...

Hey, I don't give a damn about
issue between Ah Yuon and Ah Khmer-
Yuon. Just don't drag Cambodia in
the middle of it, alright?
Yuon is our pal, not Ah Khmer-Yuon.

Anonymous said...

Re: comment @ 6:13PM

Observingly and interestingly enough, the YUON/Vietcongs pretending to be Khmer, disrespecfully abusive of the freedom of speech, walk all over Khmer's head here on KI-Media. And as a political news blog, there isn't a DAMN thing KI-Media can do about it! What a shame!

Anonymous said...

AH HUN SEN is giving the Vietcong the license to kill any Cambodian people anytime they want!! This is an open season on all Khmer's head!!!!!!!The Vietcong will pay!!!

Anonymous said...

Nope, we only give license to kill
you and Ah Khmer-Yuon
troublemakers.

crazyglue said...

Dear KI-Media friends et al,

Let's do it by asking each and everyone of us, friends and families and relatives to write/email to our scholars, doctors, lawyers, intellectuals and the like to, in turn, write/email to SAM RAINGSY, KEM SOKHA, RANARITH, THOMICO and other political figures to please set their personal interest asides and join in with one another to form one single democratic party to vote HUN SEN and his regime out of power in the general election of 2008.

Let's do it on a grand scale as this is may be our last chance to save our homeland and little of what we have left during this more than a three decade long of HUN SEN pro-viet regime control of CAMBODIA. Let's see that it happens and disseminated it on every Khmer site on the internet. Below is my email to Dr. Lao Mong Hay. Please help by writing yours right now. Thank you so very much for helping save Cambodia and ourselves.

Very sincerely yours,
Crazy Glue


Dear Dr. LAO Mong Hay,

I am writing to implore your understanding to write/email to SAM RAINGSY, KEM SOKHA, RANARITH, THOMICO and other KHMER political figures alike to please set their personal interest asides to join in and form ONE SIGNLE DEMOCRATIC party to vote HUN SEN and his regime out of CAMBODIA in the general elction of 2008 since this may be the only chance Camdodia has for her existence.

Very respectfully yours,
Crazy Glue