Friday, March 02, 2012

Bavet Mayor Identified As Suspect in Bloody Shooting

Chhouk Bandit
Thursday, 01 March 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“If he was a simple citizen, he would be arrested on the spot.”
Police identified the mayor of Bavet town Chhouk Bandit on Thursday as the prime suspect in the shooting of three women factory workers in Svay Rieng province last week.

“Yes, [he] is the suspect,” Interior Minister Sar Kheng said in response to a question from journalists.

Witnesses said the suspect stepped out of his car, pulled out a hand gun from his waist and opened fire on a crowd of over 1,000 protesters who were demanding a pay raise and better working conditions on Feb. 20.

Three workers were wounded and remain in hospital on Thursday. They were from Kaoway Sports factory which supplies sportswear giant PUMA.

Police have already submitted their investigation report to Svay Rieng provincial court, according to Interior Ministry Spokesman Gen. Khieu Sopheak.


Judge Pech Chhoeut, president of the court, could not be reached for comment.

But Hem Saban, deputy provincial police chief, said the suspect has not been arrested yet and local media have reported that Chhouk Bandit went back to work as normal after the incident.

“If he was a simple citizen, he would be arrested on the spot,” said Am Sam Ath, a senior investigator at Licadho rights group.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah CPP chkae was last heard planning to "visit" Vietnam. Ah Chkae can hide, what will Ah Kwak do? Have him arrest or trick him into hiding in his Vietnam hideaway house?

Ah Chkae

Anonymous said...

New! ah Hok Landy on the making?????

Anonymous said...

If police can not arest the shooter? should Sar Keng fire the motherfucker for using essesive force ????

Anonymous said...

CPP Khmers only tough against their own kind, when it comes to facing foreigners, in particular Vietnam..., they are reduced to nothing and nobody...., that is sad, it's subhuman behavior...which we should be ashamed of...

Anonymous said...

Put this man Chhouk Bandit in jail and feed him dog shit everyday until he can't take it no more and commit suicide.

Anonymous said...

I am welcome Mr. Sar Kheng to work a real leader and replace who's ever
and go through the court of law. Bring Chhouk Bandit to trail like everyone else. make sure the legal system or the court respected their work and go from there. No more interfering anyone.