Written by Thet Sambath and Yun Vann
The Phnom Penh Post
The 28-year-old was killed in a cross-border drug deal gone wrong that also wounded a Thai trooper, police say, promising investigation
Hun Hean said that Hel Touch tried to kill three Thai soldiers by throwing a grenade at them after the deal went bad. The grenade explosion wounded Hel Touch and slightly hurt one of the soldiers, who then fatally shot the Cambodian, Hun Hean added.
"We are still not sure about the accuracy of the Thai authority's report. We will investigate it more thoroughly," said Sam Chit, Banteay Meanchey province's deputy police chief.He added that Thai police had said the desceased and his accomplices were also involved in smuggling stolen motorbikes and cars.
Hel Touch's body was handed over to Cambodian authorities at the Poipet border crossing, where relatives were waiting to bring the him to their village for a funeral ceremony, according to Tim Sareth, deputy chief of the Thai-Cambodian Relations Office.
Chhouk Ang, commander of Border Police Battalion 911 stationed north of Poipet, did not attribute the killing to military tensions along the border.
He said the situation has been normal despite the standoff between Cambodia and Thailand over disputed territory.
FRONTIER JUSTICEPolice said that Hel Touch, 28, from Prek Chan village, O'Beichoarn commune, was trying to deal narcotics with Thai soldiers when he was shot Tuesday night. His two accomplices escaped, provincial police commissioner Hun Hean told the Post.
Poipet border authorities say the last shooting of a Cambodian near the border occurred two years ago when a man was killed by Thai police while attempting to cross through an illegal corridor often used by smugglers. THE body of a Cambodian man reportedly killed by Thai soldiers while trying to make a drug deal across the border from Banteay Meanchey province's O'Chrov district was repatriated Thursday.
Hun Hean said that Hel Touch tried to kill three Thai soldiers by throwing a grenade at them after the deal went bad. The grenade explosion wounded Hel Touch and slightly hurt one of the soldiers, who then fatally shot the Cambodian, Hun Hean added.
"We are still not sure about the accuracy of the Thai authority's report. We will investigate it more thoroughly," said Sam Chit, Banteay Meanchey province's deputy police chief.He added that Thai police had said the desceased and his accomplices were also involved in smuggling stolen motorbikes and cars.
Hel Touch's body was handed over to Cambodian authorities at the Poipet border crossing, where relatives were waiting to bring the him to their village for a funeral ceremony, according to Tim Sareth, deputy chief of the Thai-Cambodian Relations Office.
Chhouk Ang, commander of Border Police Battalion 911 stationed north of Poipet, did not attribute the killing to military tensions along the border.
He said the situation has been normal despite the standoff between Cambodia and Thailand over disputed territory.
7 comments:
Siam can kill Khmer people like animal. How a bout Khmer can we kill siam? No!!! Why? hun sen will not let us do that. yourn can kill Khmer people. How about Khmer can we kill yourn? You know the answer right? LOL!!! We got a great leader.
Yes you can 1:21AM Hun Sen can not do any thing to you! But the siam may kill you first before you get to the Youn!
demand for compensation! where is the justice, you can't just go around and kill people without regards to life. this is not the KR era! and who wants to be like the KR, stupid, backward gov't, anyway?
Anti-Thai won the election, anti-Vietnam got just 26 seats.
Thailand at least give 200,000 jobs to hopeless poor Cambodians and invest more money.
Vietnam only feed around 2,000 Cambodian beggers only. Communist Country control people very seriously. They can come in cambodia, but we are difficult to get in their country.
Why Cambodians become materialistic?
Yesterday, KFC security guards took my old motorcyle out of the shade even though there were many books under the rain.
They prefered to put new motorycle without any books under the shade? That's how Kith Meng teach his staff to do that?
So unfair!
What can you expect from the government? I ignorantly can say that the govt. takes advantages from its own people all time. Laws passed coz of great pressure, I never see govt. willing to iniate any good-will laws rather hold on tight to their party, associates clans'interests. no wonder since no much intelligence and professionalizm used much in the govt.'s house. What they so-called call politics??? Cambodians you better look at the structures and the nature of the government whether the policies really benefit people first and in the long run, BUT WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND IS ALL THE BENEFITS GO TO THE ALLIES OF THE GOVT. FIRST. Here is the hypothesis: 100% of state revenue, which a small sum goes into the case of the party, another sum in the pocket of individuals with closed connection to the top and just the left sum goes into the state case. What a pity that is why about six millions in Cambodia live under poverty line!!!!!!
But khmer love Hun Sen. Our khmer race will never vanish but scattered all over--like the cham. We are khmer angkor, we proud of our pathetic kings and leaders. Long live XMER race.
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