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| A 9-year-old boy was tied to the gate of an ice factory in Oddar Meanchey province last week. Photo Supplied |
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
Oddar Meanchey provincial court officials plan to summon the owner of an ice factory who, along with his employees, allegedly hit and tied up a 9-year-old boy he accused of picking up scrap metal outside his Anlong Veng district factory last week.
Provincial prosecutor Koy Kanya told the Post yesterday that he decided to investigate the case after seeing pictures provided by a local reporter.
“It looks like ... an abuse of the child’s rights. If he did wrong or stole something, the owner has to send him to the police. They should not [take the law into their own hands],” he said, adding that he will first talk to the child and his parents.
The boy’s mother, who declined to be named, said yesterday that she does not plan to sue the factory owner as she fears it will turn into a problem for her family.
“I don’t want to file a complaint or demand compensation from the factory owner,” she said, but added that she is angry they beat her son.
“My son told me that they hit his face two times and kicked him two times as well. He was sick after they beat him, but he is better today,” she said.
Chan Thy, the Kampuchea Thmey reporter who shot the photo, said the boy had been tied to a fence for about 20 minutes before factory workers came out and released him, adding that he had been to the boy’s home and believed he was not a scrap metal collector.
The ice factory owner, Mao Sem, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The incident carries echoes of an episode last month in Battambang province, in which a father beat his teenage son and chained him to a pole in his village.
Police are still trying to find the father, 40-year-old moto-dop Sok Thoeun, who fled after the incident.
12 comments:
stay in school, kid, or you will have no future, ok!
2:58 PM, here you go again, Hun Sen's cocksucker.
This cocksucker @2:58 PM does not know what this cocksucker@2:58 PM is talking about. This cocksucker is so plainly stupid.
This child was a victim because the owners and employees are a bunch of uneducated animals and abused this child without thinking, being educated and being thoughtful or considering.
when I saw this first photo. My heart is breaking to a boy. Why some of cambodian is so cruel to others. We have to share, life is too short.
This is a win win policy of the CPP.
Nis heuil srok ah choy mray Hun Xen !!!!
" TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT A FACE OF INNOCENT KID "
This is a face of innocent kid. I am in tear when seeing this picture. Only trying to make a living by collecting scrap result tie up on the gate. It is so cruelty !!!. Don't this company understand how difficult it is for some poor people.
The of this banana kingdom should severely charge this company and pay good compensation to this kid.
Not only I am tearing for this poor child, but I am also pitty for those who are committing this heinous child abuse. You see these people have no sense of remorse, moral, or responsibilty as a society to do what is right. They are living in a culture that respect money, power, and disregard the very basic human emotion that is called compassion. Unlike Cambodia, in most civilize country, people who are doing this to poor child would go to jail because of their concept of what is ethic and moral.
Ah Dumb Government,
Enforce the law and stop torturing people especially children and women.
But it is difficult to enforce such law because Ah Kwack has given horrible example to his subordinates.
Koy Kanya at Oddar Meanchey province is a better than the
prosecutor of Bavet municipality
Svay Rieng province.
But I wish Mr.Kanya work
for one goal of justice not use
for money. Ah Hing Bunchea's Svay Rieng prosecutor is a dog used to
eat excrements.
Freaking MORONS......
the fuckers robbers and killers are yuons, hun sen and his band who rob everything from Khmer people. These criminals must be put in jail or kill
If they are on the fence just ask to leave a card with them. They may not ever call you, but then again they may, so it's worth dropping a card.
Scrap Metal Sydney
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