Monday, January 23, 2012

Bodyguard who shot American surrenders

Monday, 23 January 2012
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
The Phnom Penh Post

The bodyguard of a high-ranking military official was sent to Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday after he allegedly shot an American man on Saturday while escorting his superior.

Capital police chief Chuon Narin identified the bodyguard as 30-year-old Kheng Sarath, who surrendered himself to authorities on Saturday. However, the name of the high-ranking military official, who works at the Ministry of National Defence, remains unknown.

“Kheng Sarath turned himself in to the police after he shot a foreigner,” the police chief said.

He said the suspect was with his superior, driving down Norodom Boulevard at about 1:30am on Saturday morning, when the 24-year-old victim was crossing the street. The victim, who the police chief claimed was drunk, allegedly struck their vehicle with a stick.


He added that Kheng Sarath then exited the vehicle and fired his gun at the ground with the intention of frightening the victim, but the bullet ricocheted and struck the young man in the buttocks.

Sean MacIntosh, spokesman for the US embassy in Phnom Penh, said yesterday that consular officials are investigating the case.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

nail him! that is hun thug.

Anonymous said...

if the victim was Cambodian, I think they would closed the case without investigation.

The best way is to expose the name of the official.

Anonymous said...

He must have been coming back from a good party with his young girlfriend or a bar at 1:30 AM.

1:30 AM and this official was not yet at home? Go figure!

Hehehe, having a good time, eh?

Anonymous said...

High-ranking officials and the riches are above law, no one their to touch them. Everyone can see how the expensive cars travel along the routes in Phnom Penh. Motorcycles and cheaper cars have to make way for them to pass, and traffic choose to ignore them when they break traffic rule.

One of my friends was waiting for traffic light to turn green in order to turn left in one intersection, and suddenly a Range Rover came behind him and horned asking him to go straight so that the Range Rover can go ahead, but my friend did not move because it was not time for him go yet. Then a man came out from the car hit him. The traffic police at the corner did not intervened, but if my friend chose to go ahead during red light, I think the police might catch him.

Anonymous said...

Hope Khmer become Thailand's instead of Viet satellite state, at least the Thai honor the Khmer tradition and patriotic about their sovereignty unlike Khmer, a human by-product. What a punitive race.

Anonymous said...

To 01:29AM,

If you are a bonafide Khmer, you must be strong
and must fight back.
You, I and other compatriots form OUR race.
We must preserve and defend our Khmer race
at all cost.
The Viet troupes withdrew from Cambodia
in 1979, when the Chinese troupes invaded
Vietnam from the North.
The Chinese kicked the Viets out of China
in 939 CE. In 2012, the Chinese are disputing the
Viets over the Spratly Islands, among other things.
We will solicit China for help again.
We must fight back !!!

A Khmer Fighter

Anonymous said...

CROYEZ VOUS LE TRIBUNAL DE Mr HUN SEN= MAFIA=K5 ?

Anonymous said...

A DRUNKEN LAWLESS yankee AGAINST A JUNGLE KHMER . LUCKY , THE BULLET WAS NOT ON HIS HEAD . EVEN A MORE EDUCATED YANKEE BEHAVES WORST THAN AN UNSCHOOLED BOY !!! Ha ! Ha !

Anonymous said...

This is to show you how American government is looking after their citizen well being! While AH HUN SEN treated Cambodian people as dog, slave, and homeless!

Anonymous said...

Motherfucker with the stupid stars and PhD should not travel with public! Motherfuckers should stay up for the so called Stupid Spean Akash!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Now! USA Ambasy should know how fear we Cambodians undear every day!

Anonymous said...

Thanks goodness that this happened to the American, and now the whole world knows how these bodyguard bastards are treating the innocent Cambodian victims in order to show that they are working hard to protect their stupid brutish corrupt gangster bosses. By American standards, these losers are simply gangsters. In fact they are gangsters for real. I think this bodyguard bastard needs to serve capital punishment. They are the most hated and despicable class in the Cambodian society.

Anonymous said...

Why the journalists are not able to show the name of this big monster to public. Dear journalists please try your best show to public who is this monster at least for the Khmer to memorize..

Anonymous said...

The one given birth to HUN SEN have to go to hell to serve for pardon her fault

Anonymous said...

JUST TO REMIND BODYGUARD ; IT IS ILLIGAL TO USE GUN TO PROTECT
YOUR BOSS' PROPERTY, USE ONLY A WHIP TO TEACH RASCAL A LESSON,
JUST AS THEY DID IN SINGAPORE SOMETIME AGO IN the 90's .