Family of Dead Village Official Want Quick Investigation, 12 Military Police Officers Questioned

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The family of a Kampong Thom deputy village chief, who allegedly died in custody last week, has asked for a speedy investigation into the death, with around a dozen officers being questioned last week.

 

Kampong Thom Military Police said last week that 11 officers were being questioned after a crackdown on an alleged illegal gambling location resulted in the death of Suong Don, deputy chief of Rung village in Baray district’s Krava commune. Don died on the way to the provincial military police headquarters on Sunday evening, and his family claims he was strangled by military police officers. 

 

Din Nearatey, Don’s daughter, said that her family had not got any information about the case as of Sunday and wanted the perpetrators of her father’s death to be arrested soon. She said the family planned to file a complaint to the Kampong Thom Provincial Court. “I ask the relevant institutions to investigate and find evidence to arrest the offenders and send them to jail as soon as possible. The perpetrators have to be punished by law and also [for us to] be compensated,” she said.

 

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