Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Third cop accuses police chief of beating

Captain Vong Bunna. Photograph: Buth Reaksmey Kongkea/Phnom Penh Post
Captain Sim Long Heng. Photograph: Buth Reaksmey Kongkea/Phnom Penh Post
05 February 2013
By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
The Phnom Penh Post

One more military police officer joined his two fellow officers yesterday in claiming that he had been beaten by Phnom Penh Municipal Police chief Choun Sovann on Sunday as the group’s spokesperson announced plans to file a lawsuit against Sovann next week.

Captain Vong Bunna, 53, assistant to the chief of staff of the Phnom Penh Municipal Military Police and the trio’s representative, maintained that

he and Captain Soem Long-heng, along with new plaintiff Un Bunthon, were badly beaten by Sovann, and that he had already prepared a penal lawsuit that he planned to file next week after funeral arrangements for the late King Father were finished.

“He got angry with me for allowing people to enter to pay their respects to the late King Father’s body at the Veal Preah Meru [cremation] site,” Bunna said in an interview. “He elbowed me twice in my chest, and punched me hard in my right ribs, and I almost lost consciousness.


“His violent action has affected the value of his leadership, as well as the institution of the national police and the country’s reputation.”

Bunna says that he has experienced chest pain since the alleged attack but has continued his work at the cremation site and is taking medication to treat the injuries.

“Now, I am ashamed, because I am also a military police officer, but I was beaten without making a mistake in front of a crowd of people,” he continued. “To find justice and get back my honour, I will sue him in court after the end of the King Father’s funeral ceremony.”

Longheng, 47, deputy chief of the municipal military police’s messenger office, said in an interview that he was attacked simply for helping some senior citizens.

“He got angry with me because I let about 10 old people in the crowd who were having trouble breathing to enter and stay behind the barriers to catch their breath,” he said, adding that Sovann struck him on the left shoulder with a handheld radio before other police and military police officers intervened.

Sergeant Major Un Bunthon could not be reached for comment, but according to Bunna, was struck in the back of the neck with the radio.

Sovann also could not be reached yesterday but adamantly denied the charges on Sunday.

Kheng Tito, spokesman for National Military Police, said the case “has affected the reputation of our national police force as a whole”, and would be settled in due course.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

put Choun Sovann in jail!!! bad leader.!

Anonymous said...

When you all have used force to beat the innocent people in Beur Kok or raound the country, you had ever think about their pain. Now your boss beat you why you all claimed back? That is your karma , please don't bell.

Anonymous said...

This case will be quietly settled down to the civil penalty code outside criminal juridiction. Those two not three will be rewarded financial compensation.
The third entering the dispute is trying to spoil and rotten the case.
The senior PO will be quiet reprimaned as slap on the hand.

But surely he will learn to do different ways like he said, " if I wanted to beat the junior PO, I would have used my subordinates to do this dirty job."

Anonymous said...

Sue his ass and drag that dog shit to jail! He thinks he has higher rank and can do anything he wants. That fucking communist doesn't respect human being.

Anonymous said...

Unless you punch that asshole back or kill him to give a good example to other abusers to stop behaving badly.

Besides, that asshole looks 100% yuon.

Fight back !! and stop kneeling in front of anybody even in front of Ah kwack Hun Sen and the Tingmoung King Sihamoni.

Anonymous said...

The asshole that we are talking about
is Chea Sim 's in-law. His daughter married to Chea Sim's son. This asshole is very brutal.

Anonymous said...

officer choun savann, was hun sen dogs, in order to stay close to his master or became police chief he has to act like what so he would get an anther promotion. In near future hun sen will appoint Mr chourn vanna or chhouk bundet to replace sar kang.in order to stay in power Dr hun sen need more this kind of people.

Anonymous said...

Dogtor hun sen?has many
diplomas,never go to study.
But he goes to school often just
to spread his communist ideology
to all the graduated students.
Very strange politics in the
world!!!

Anonymous said...

"The senior PO will be quiet reprimaned as slap on the hand.."

9:08pm,

Quiet reprimaned? I don't think so.. Infact this is a kind of leader CPP looking for, the one that can be mean and aggressive. He will not be blame for his cruel, but will get promoted just like other mean leaders in CPP group.

This is how CPP shit ruled the country, with means and intimidations.

Ah Chhkuot Pi Anh called it the right govt. for Cambodia & Ah Hun Shit called WIN WIN policy.
"Welcome to Banana Kingdom"

Anonymous said...

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