The confiscated Camry belonging to the general's son (Photo: Chom Chao, Koh Santepheap)Sunday, November 16, 2008
Koh Santepheap newspaper
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Kandal province – A grey Toyota Camry bearing the license plate PP 2D 9341 was arrested by the Ang Snuol district police, after it hit the driver of a motorcycle and broke his leg. The Camry driver then fled the scene of the accident, but police officers were able to chase and arrest him. At that time, the car driver claimed that he is the son of a general and he then proceeded to call his gang to come and intervene on his behalf. Nevertheless, no one came to his rescue because he was completely at fault.
The accident took place at about 4:20 PM on 13 November 2008, along National Road No. 4, near Kul village, Kantok commune, Ang Snuol district, Kandal province. The car was driven by Sam Thananel, the 18-year-old son of a one-star general. His car hit a blue Honda C90 motorcycle bearing the license place Kampong Speu 1A 0364, driven by 31-year-old Phan Nob who lives in Tuol Ta Sok village, Sen Dey commune, Samrong Tong district, Kampong Speu province. One of Phan Nob’s legs was broken from the accident.
Ang Snuol police indicated that the Camry car and the Honda motorcycle were moving in opposite direction at about the same speed, the car was traveling from the west to the east, while the motorcycle was traveling from the east to the west. At the accident location, the car overshot and hit the motorcycle. In the accident, the motorcycle driver broke one of his legs. The source also added that, after the accident, the car driver fled the scene and drove very fast in the direction of Phnom Penh, but when it arrived at the level of the Kantok commune office, there was a road block set up by military police officers to check for explosive [KI-Media note: These road blocks are mainly set up to extort money from travelers], and the police officers stopped the car. When the officers tried to confiscate the car and take it to the Ang Snuol district police office, the driver prevented it from happening, and he came out claiming that he is the son of an army general. Not only that, he also threatened to call two to three truckloads of his father’s henchmen to come over if the police officers dare confiscate his car.
However, because the accident he caused led to injuries to other people, the police officers did not worry about his threat, and they proceeded to arrest the driver as well as confiscating his car to send to the police headquarters immediately.
The accident took place at about 4:20 PM on 13 November 2008, along National Road No. 4, near Kul village, Kantok commune, Ang Snuol district, Kandal province. The car was driven by Sam Thananel, the 18-year-old son of a one-star general. His car hit a blue Honda C90 motorcycle bearing the license place Kampong Speu 1A 0364, driven by 31-year-old Phan Nob who lives in Tuol Ta Sok village, Sen Dey commune, Samrong Tong district, Kampong Speu province. One of Phan Nob’s legs was broken from the accident.
Ang Snuol police indicated that the Camry car and the Honda motorcycle were moving in opposite direction at about the same speed, the car was traveling from the west to the east, while the motorcycle was traveling from the east to the west. At the accident location, the car overshot and hit the motorcycle. In the accident, the motorcycle driver broke one of his legs. The source also added that, after the accident, the car driver fled the scene and drove very fast in the direction of Phnom Penh, but when it arrived at the level of the Kantok commune office, there was a road block set up by military police officers to check for explosive [KI-Media note: These road blocks are mainly set up to extort money from travelers], and the police officers stopped the car. When the officers tried to confiscate the car and take it to the Ang Snuol district police office, the driver prevented it from happening, and he came out claiming that he is the son of an army general. Not only that, he also threatened to call two to three truckloads of his father’s henchmen to come over if the police officers dare confiscate his car.
However, because the accident he caused led to injuries to other people, the police officers did not worry about his threat, and they proceeded to arrest the driver as well as confiscating his car to send to the police headquarters immediately.
