One more ‘Sorcerer’ seeks sanctuary

A disabled man from Ratanakkiri province appealed to local authorities yesterday to help him return home after he was forced to flee his village on Sunday and seek shelter at a local police station amid accusations of sorcery.

Sal Toun, chief of O’Yadav district’s Som Thom commune, said 44-year-old Sol Thail was chased from his Som Trok village home because of allegations he had used black magic to murder multiple neighbours.

“More than 400 villagers chased him away from the village, because he is a sorcerer who made some villagers die,” he said.

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