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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
A recently elected SRP village chief in Kompong Speu province was killed from a grenade explosion on Monday morning when he was walking to his rice field. Kompong Speu SRP MP Nuth Romduol told The Cambodia Daily on Tuesday that Kong Khy, the 42-year-old Russei village chief, located in Svay Chachib commune, Borset district, was killed by a grenade explosion at about 100-meter from his home at 6:00 AM. Nuth Romduol said that “it looks like someone set a trap to kill him because he was recently elected as village chief.” However, Keo Pisey, the police commissioner in the province of Kompong Speu denied the claim made by Nuth Romduol. Keo Pisei said the grenade belonged to Kong Khy and he suspects that Kong Khy hid the grenade to illegally hunt wild animals.
