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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Norwegian man expelled from Cambodia

18 March 2009
By Ung Chamroeun
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
Click here to read the article in French

The Phnom Penh municipal police administration and the immigration department of the ministry of Interior have decided to repatriate back a Norwegian man. His actions scared the neighborhood.

According to the Kampuchea Thmei newspaper, this 44-year-old Norwegian man lives in Cambodia since 2004. Expert in oil drilling, he lived with his Cambodian wife and their two children. During the evening of 23 February, he put fire on his BMW car at Chbar Ampov I commune, Meanchey district. The firefighters arrived quickly and were able to put down the fire before it spread out to the neighborhood.

In front of the police, the Norwegian man said that he was annoyed by actions taken by young hoodlums who threw rocks on the roof of his house. According to the neighbors, the man’s wife had asked for a divorce because of various problems. He did not allow his children to play with Cambodian children in the neighborhood, and because of that, he was ridiculed. According to Poeu Huot, the Chbar Ampov I commune chief, the man’s neighbors are relieved to see him being expelled from Cambodia. People were scared by his attitude.