CAMBODIA: Imediately dismiss Phnom Penh Deputy Police Chief Phuong Malay

August 8, 2012

Samdach Akak Moha Sena Padey Techo Hun Sen (Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia), H.E. Sar Kheng (Deputy Minister, Minister of Interior), H.E. Kep Chuktima (Governor of Phnom Penh Municipality), Lokchumteav Ing Kuntha Phavy (President of Cambodian National Council for Women (CNCW), Minister of Women Affairs)

Dear Samdach Akak Moha Sena Padey Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, H.E. Sar Kheng, Minister of Interior, H.E. Kep Chuktima, Governor of the Phnom Penh Municipality, and Lokchumteav Ing Kuntha Phavy, Minister of Women Affairs,

I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com.

I am expressing my deepest concern along with Cambodian and International Civil Society Members,I call for the dismissal of Phnom Penh Deputy Police Chief Phuong Malay based on his unacceptable, facetious and offensive reaction to the lawsuit taken against him for his alleged role in the miscarriage of a female protester who was kicked in the stomach by a member of his police force.

On 27 June 2012, the pregnant woman, Bov Srey Sras, had joined a group of supporters in attempting to march to the Court of Appeal where the BoeungKak 13, amongst them her sister, were having their case heard. Despite the supporters acting within their rights, a violent clash with police took place. Not only was Bov Srey Sras brutally mistreated by officers in this clash, causing her to lose her baby, but when she announced that she was suing the three men she believes responsible, amongst them Phuong Malay, the Deputy Police Chief publicly insulted and degraded her. In yesterday’s edition of The Phnom Penh Post newspaper (01 August), Malay is quoted as follows:

“Is the victim old or young, and does she sue me to return her kid? I want to tell her that if she wants to get back her kid, I am also young.”

Joint Open Letter Calling For Dismissal of Phnom Penh Deputy Police Chief

Phuong Malay injured during the forced eviction of Borei Keila (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

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$4,000: the price of a Cambodian woman's life ... it's cheaper than an animal!!!

Woman dies in labour firm custody

Sunday, 27 February 2011
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post

“First the firm director agreed to give me 3 million riel ($743) for compensation, but I could not accept it. My daughter’s life is not cheap like this. She is a person, not an animal” - Chea Pov, father of the victim

Family members have dropped a legal complaint over the death of a 36-year-old woman who died this weekend while in the custody of a labour recruitment firm, in exchange for US$4,000 in compensation from the company, they said today, while a rights group has called for further investigation into the case.

Chhem Sopheap, 36, died at the labour recruitment firm IIS in Dangkor district’s Dangkor commune in Phnom Penh on Saturday night after battling a month-long illness.

Chhem Sopheap’s husband, Heng Saroeun, 52, said the company refused to release his wife for treatment at the hospital, despite repeated requests, demanding he pay them US$800 to reimburse the costs of her training.

“I went to the company on Monday last week to ask the director [if I could] take my wife for treatment at home or the hospital, but they declined and said if I want my wife to leave the company I have to give them $800,” Heng Saroeun said.

Armed, drunk driver beaten up after crashing into Cambodian sewer

Oct 23, 2009
DPA

Phnom Penh - Two men were beaten up after their car crashed into a river of sewerage in the capital Phnom Penh, local media reported Friday.

The two occupants of the car were 'deeply drunk', the Phnom Penh Post newspaper reported, when the driver lost control of the vehicle which then plunged into the open sewer that runs alongside the road.

When helpful local residents rushed to their aid, the driver pulled out his gun and threatened the crowd of would-be rescuers.

That angered the residents who set about the two men with sticks and beat them up before calling an ambulance and dispersing.

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