04 August 2007By Lim Pisith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Relatives of a SRP activist who was shot and killed in Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, and opposition party leaders are deceived by the tardiness in the police investigation to seek the murderer(s) of the victim and bring them to the court.
The reactions and concerns are expressed one week after Klik Un, the SRP vice-chairman in Ta Ben commune, Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, was shot and killed on the road by a group of armed men during the night of 27 July 2007. The killers did not take anything from the victim. The latter was shot after returning from a trip to purchase frogs with his son. The victim and his son were driving one motorcycle each. The police and military police released the three suspects they arrested on the night of the shooting.
Mrs Hean Thing, the victim’s wife, said that she was deceived when she learnt that the authority released three suspects driving a Smash motorcycle at the location of the incident during the night of her husband was shot. “The people who were driving a Smash motorcycle out of the incident place were arrested. I did not even see their faces yet but they were released back (by the police),” Hean Thing said.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said: “We are deceived when we see that the authority does not fully pay attention in this case which is also getting behind.”
Or Borin, the deputy commander of the Banteay Meanchey province military police, explained that the authorities, both the military police and the police, are working hard to investigate this case in order to arrest the killers. However, he said: “There were 2 victims, a father and a son. When the father was shot and fell down, the son laid low to observe these people (the shooters). Later, three boys were tied up, but the thieves fled. We are looking for the cause (of the killing), whether it is a revenge case or not, we did not find anything yet.”
Chan Kosal, the deputy police commissioner of the Banteay Meanchey province, said about the same thing: “They (the 3 persons arrested by the police?) are both victims and witnesses. They are important witnesses in this case because they saw exactly what happened when they were tied up.”
Nevertheless, the police and the military police could not provide any clue that could lead to the arrest of the culprits yet.
Sam Chankea, an investigator for the Adhoc organization based in Banteay meanchey province, insisted that whether the killing was motivated by politics, revenge, or failed armed robbery, the perpetrators must be arrested and sent to face justice according to the law in order to put to an end the lawlessness or the illegal release of the culprits.
The reactions and concerns are expressed one week after Klik Un, the SRP vice-chairman in Ta Ben commune, Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, was shot and killed on the road by a group of armed men during the night of 27 July 2007. The killers did not take anything from the victim. The latter was shot after returning from a trip to purchase frogs with his son. The victim and his son were driving one motorcycle each. The police and military police released the three suspects they arrested on the night of the shooting.
Mrs Hean Thing, the victim’s wife, said that she was deceived when she learnt that the authority released three suspects driving a Smash motorcycle at the location of the incident during the night of her husband was shot. “The people who were driving a Smash motorcycle out of the incident place were arrested. I did not even see their faces yet but they were released back (by the police),” Hean Thing said.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said: “We are deceived when we see that the authority does not fully pay attention in this case which is also getting behind.”
Or Borin, the deputy commander of the Banteay Meanchey province military police, explained that the authorities, both the military police and the police, are working hard to investigate this case in order to arrest the killers. However, he said: “There were 2 victims, a father and a son. When the father was shot and fell down, the son laid low to observe these people (the shooters). Later, three boys were tied up, but the thieves fled. We are looking for the cause (of the killing), whether it is a revenge case or not, we did not find anything yet.”
Chan Kosal, the deputy police commissioner of the Banteay Meanchey province, said about the same thing: “They (the 3 persons arrested by the police?) are both victims and witnesses. They are important witnesses in this case because they saw exactly what happened when they were tied up.”
Nevertheless, the police and the military police could not provide any clue that could lead to the arrest of the culprits yet.
Sam Chankea, an investigator for the Adhoc organization based in Banteay meanchey province, insisted that whether the killing was motivated by politics, revenge, or failed armed robbery, the perpetrators must be arrested and sent to face justice according to the law in order to put to an end the lawlessness or the illegal release of the culprits.
1 comment:
Cambodian police are a joke, especially in farming areas. They get paid with "shitty" money, so they must cheat, lie, steal, and kill to get "extra" money from higher officials.
Corruption in Cambodia is rampant. Afterall, it is a country where "survial of the fittest" reign.
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