Sorcery and black magic are alive and well in Cambodia, and they’re worth killing over

[geovalin]

Outbreaks of disease, unsolved deaths or bad luck are often blamed by villagers on witchcraft, and sometimes there are violent consequences

 

Phnom Penh seems to have all the trappings of a modern cosmopolitan city: towering skyscrapers, world-class restaurants and painfully air-conditioned shopping malls. But venture a few hours outside the capital and things become different very quickly.

 

There is, particularly in rural provinces, a pervasive belief in the supernatural in Cambodia. Near the end of November, a couple was attacked in Pursat Province – about 200km northwest of Phnom Penh – by a small mob accusing them of killing someone’s daughter with sorcery. The accused husband, 83, was beaten to death while his wife, 72, was shot in the leg with a home-made rifle.

 

read more https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2181970/sorcery-and-black-magic-are-alive-and-well-cambodia-and

[oldrunner]

OLD AGE WITCHES.

[4737 Carlin]

"towering skyscrapers, world-class restaurants" 

Has the writer of this piece even been to Phnom Penh?

It's a filthy, third-world dump with some of the worst food I've ever encountered.

[lks7689]

32 minutes ago, 4737 Carlin said:

"towering skyscrapers, world-class restaurants" 

Has the writer of this piece even been to Phnom Penh?

It's a filthy, third-world dump with some of the worst food I've ever encountered.

I guess You probably haven't been there recently either. Third world dump? It's a city with the most number of new Lexus LX570s and Range rovers I have seen. 

[4737 Carlin]

15 hours ago, lks7689 said:

I guess You probably haven't been there recently either. Third world dump? It's a city with the most number of new Lexus LX570s and Range rovers I have seen. 

I was there last month and lived there for six years until last year. Yes, there are rich, corrupt Cambodians driving around in very expensive cars - whilst children beg on the filthy streets. It looks more like parts of Africa than Thailand or Vietnam.