A farmer was yesterday charged and jailed by the Prey Veng Provincial Court with murdering an old priest by hacking him with an axe for allegedly practicing black magic on his 69-year-old-father to die by disease last year. The murder took place at about 11pm on Tuesday at the Sralong pagoda in Prey Veng province’s Svay Antor district.

Svay Antor district police deputy chief Major Tun Sareth identified the accused as Kong Thuon, 50, living in Angkor Tret commune’s Sralong III village. Maj Sareth identified the victim as Oum In, 85, who was the chief priest and is also the undertaker at the pagoda located in Angkor Tret commune. He said that the accused was charged with “murder” under Article 199 of the Criminal Code. If convicted, he faces a jail term of between 10 and 15 years.

Major Sareth said that on Tuesday night, the accused, carried a big axe and entered the where the victim was sleeping. “After entering, the accused chopped the victim’s head at least three times and killed him,” he said.  “The accused then fled but priests and nuns has seen what he has done and raised the alarm.”

 

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That'll teach the priest, should have kept quiet.

4 hours ago, geovalin said:

Major Sareth said that on Tuesday night, the accused, carried a big axe and entered the where the victim was sleeping. “After entering, the accused chopped the victim’s head at least three times and killed him,” he said. 

So using black magic means swinging an axe...got it.