15th November, 2008By Kim Pov Sotton Radio free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
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Actress DJ Ano (pictured) is the fifth victim of a jealousy attack because of a love triangle with the husband of a powerful lady.
Actress Suon Pheakdei or DJ Ano was reportedly named as missing in the past few days by a human right organisation Adhoc after razor blade attacks on her a few days earlier.
Mr. Chan Saveth, investigator for Adhoc, said that DJ Ano resides at two addresses in Phnom Penh but, after the attack, all members of her family had fled the addresses due fears for their safety.
He blamed the authority for whitewashing these kinds of crimes which led to continuous attacks that killed many people. He said: “We knew that she had disappeared for more than three weeks and these sorts of crimes cannot be allowed to go unpunished. The police must investigate this case thoroughly because it is a criminal case. If the police refuse to investigate, it will have an impact on the implementation of our laws.”
Media sources and internet bloggers, since Monday, have written that 27 year-old Suon Pheakdei or DJ Ano, a presenter of TV3, has been attacked with 83 razor blade cuts to her body. The same sources said that DJ Ano was seen bundled into a car by 4 bodyguards of a powerful woman at Chamkar Morn district because the lady accused DJ Ano of having an affair with her husband.
Despite this report, the chief of Chamkar Morn police, Inspector Ouch Sokhon, denied that his police knew anything about this kidnap.
Officials from TV3 station and many actors and actresses are now afraid to make any comments. Up until now, news about miss Ano’s case is still not very clear.
Touch Naroth, Commissioner of Phnom Penh Police, said that he will launch an unofficial investigation into the disappearance of Miss DJ Ano after the rumours circulating that Miss DJ Ano died from the razor blade wounds. He promised to arrest the culprits if the story is true.
Mr. Touch Naroth said: “It is not that we didn’t do anything or we ignore the case. We want to see our society become a clean society, free of crimes. We had tried our best, but crimes are committed in every societies, so we will try to investigate. We never ignore any cases but we need all the evidences before we can investigate because in this case we don’t have any complaints, we don’t have any evidences, we don’t have a crime scene. So we will launch an unofficial investigation first to see where it will lead us to because we also heard about all these rumours too.”
Mr. Ieng Sithuol, President of Cambodian Artists Association, said that he heard about the attacks on Miss Ano and he heard about the rumours that she had died after she was sent to be treated overseas.
Mr. Ieng Sithuol said: “I regret the irresponsible actions of some individuals. The use of violence on each other, especially on artists, for me, I don’t support it. We appeal to the government to find justice for all artists, in all the cases.”
Sources from human right groups said that Miss DJ Ano is the fifth person attacked in a love triangle, after actress Pisith Pilika was shot dead, singer Touch Sunnich was shot and maimed, actress Tat Marina was laced with acid and singer Pov Panhapich was shot last year which mad her a disabled person until today.
President of the Centre for Women in Crisis, Miss Vadhi Say, said that often many cases of attacks on women in a love triangle with powerful government officials have never been solved. She said that, the men who are involved in a love triangle can be considered as co-conspirators of the crimes as well.
She appeals for the perpetrators to face the laws, otherwise the crimes of these sorts will continue to be perpetrated. She said: “First, laws must be applied. The women who committed these crimes must be punished by the laws. Second, the authority must take actions so that these sorts of crimes can be stopped. If not, these sorts of crimes will continue. Their husbands are the ones who are adulterous but they go around killing other people. It doesn’t matter how many women they have killed, if their husbands are adulterous they will still be adulterous. They have to take some actions to resolved their family problems or they can discuss the matter with their own husbands. Why do they have to do like that? Sometimes, our family problems we must try to solve them. If our husbands are like that, who cannot be satisfied with one partners, why do we have to put up with them? This is called domestic violence and if we stay, it is like we are torturing ourselves.”
Up until now, no perpetrators of these sorts of crimes have been apprehended and punished. Commissioner of Phnom Penh Police claimed that the police have not found the perpetrators yet and that the investigations are still continuing.//
Actress Suon Pheakdei or DJ Ano was reportedly named as missing in the past few days by a human right organisation Adhoc after razor blade attacks on her a few days earlier.
Mr. Chan Saveth, investigator for Adhoc, said that DJ Ano resides at two addresses in Phnom Penh but, after the attack, all members of her family had fled the addresses due fears for their safety.
He blamed the authority for whitewashing these kinds of crimes which led to continuous attacks that killed many people. He said: “We knew that she had disappeared for more than three weeks and these sorts of crimes cannot be allowed to go unpunished. The police must investigate this case thoroughly because it is a criminal case. If the police refuse to investigate, it will have an impact on the implementation of our laws.”
Media sources and internet bloggers, since Monday, have written that 27 year-old Suon Pheakdei or DJ Ano, a presenter of TV3, has been attacked with 83 razor blade cuts to her body. The same sources said that DJ Ano was seen bundled into a car by 4 bodyguards of a powerful woman at Chamkar Morn district because the lady accused DJ Ano of having an affair with her husband.
Despite this report, the chief of Chamkar Morn police, Inspector Ouch Sokhon, denied that his police knew anything about this kidnap.
Officials from TV3 station and many actors and actresses are now afraid to make any comments. Up until now, news about miss Ano’s case is still not very clear.
Touch Naroth, Commissioner of Phnom Penh Police, said that he will launch an unofficial investigation into the disappearance of Miss DJ Ano after the rumours circulating that Miss DJ Ano died from the razor blade wounds. He promised to arrest the culprits if the story is true.
Mr. Touch Naroth said: “It is not that we didn’t do anything or we ignore the case. We want to see our society become a clean society, free of crimes. We had tried our best, but crimes are committed in every societies, so we will try to investigate. We never ignore any cases but we need all the evidences before we can investigate because in this case we don’t have any complaints, we don’t have any evidences, we don’t have a crime scene. So we will launch an unofficial investigation first to see where it will lead us to because we also heard about all these rumours too.”
Mr. Ieng Sithuol, President of Cambodian Artists Association, said that he heard about the attacks on Miss Ano and he heard about the rumours that she had died after she was sent to be treated overseas.
Mr. Ieng Sithuol said: “I regret the irresponsible actions of some individuals. The use of violence on each other, especially on artists, for me, I don’t support it. We appeal to the government to find justice for all artists, in all the cases.”
Sources from human right groups said that Miss DJ Ano is the fifth person attacked in a love triangle, after actress Pisith Pilika was shot dead, singer Touch Sunnich was shot and maimed, actress Tat Marina was laced with acid and singer Pov Panhapich was shot last year which mad her a disabled person until today.
President of the Centre for Women in Crisis, Miss Vadhi Say, said that often many cases of attacks on women in a love triangle with powerful government officials have never been solved. She said that, the men who are involved in a love triangle can be considered as co-conspirators of the crimes as well.
She appeals for the perpetrators to face the laws, otherwise the crimes of these sorts will continue to be perpetrated. She said: “First, laws must be applied. The women who committed these crimes must be punished by the laws. Second, the authority must take actions so that these sorts of crimes can be stopped. If not, these sorts of crimes will continue. Their husbands are the ones who are adulterous but they go around killing other people. It doesn’t matter how many women they have killed, if their husbands are adulterous they will still be adulterous. They have to take some actions to resolved their family problems or they can discuss the matter with their own husbands. Why do they have to do like that? Sometimes, our family problems we must try to solve them. If our husbands are like that, who cannot be satisfied with one partners, why do we have to put up with them? This is called domestic violence and if we stay, it is like we are torturing ourselves.”
Up until now, no perpetrators of these sorts of crimes have been apprehended and punished. Commissioner of Phnom Penh Police claimed that the police have not found the perpetrators yet and that the investigations are still continuing.//
