Violence against violence?

Offerings are made at the funeral of two policemen. (Photo by: Sunan Channarong)

Double cop murder in Phnom Penh

Monday, 15 August 2011
Khouth Sophakchakrya
The Phnom Penh Post

"I was very sorry [to hear of the deaths] and I’m committed to hunt for the perpetrator"

Two police officers have been shot dead after a wanted man they were trying to arrest led them on a car chase through the city before opening fire.

The incident occurred yesterday at about 3:00am on Street 516 in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak I commune in Tuol Kok district. The gunman remains at large.

Phnom Penh municipal police chief Touch Naruth said municipal penal crime police officers Kong Vichet, 32, and Roeun Po, 33, were shot dead after trying to apprehend a man on a motorcycle, who was wanted for gang-related activity.

The two police officers were on patrol in Phnom Penh when they spotted the wanted man by the public park near NagaWorld.

Preah Vihear Police Deny Killing Man

By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
18 April 2008

Preah Vihear authorities have not detained anyone in the shooting death of one man over New Year, a police chief said Friday.

Preah Vihear Police Chief Mao Pov said none of his officers were responsible for the death of Din Bros, 20, who was shot while riding a motorcycle in Tbeng Meanchey district April 11.

Din Bros was a member of a group of gangsters, Mao Pov added.

Investigators for the rights group Adhoc have said they suspect one of three policemen in the district shot Din Bros.

Mao Pov declined to say whether anyone had been jailed over the murder.

“The police did not go anywhere,” he said. “The operations of the police are to safeguard and provide security during Khmer New Year. We did not affect the life of any people.”

He declined further comment.

Adhoc provincial coordinator Hor Neath maintained his claim Friday, that Tbeng Meanchey district police shot Din Bros.

“This is only the denial [of the police]. We have a confidential source” in the case, he said.

Adhoc will send an intervention letter to the court next week calling for an investigation, he said.

Y Hean, a neighbor of Din Bros, said the driver of the motorcycle claimed police did the shooting.

Neither the driver nor members of Din Bros’ family could be reached for comment.