Mom Kunthear and Zoe Holman

Police officials in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district are seeking to arrest a woman who allegedly doused her former boyfriend with acid as she rode behind him on a motorbike on Tuesday afternoon, in what the victim’s family members called an act of vengeance.

The acid attack is the year’s second and the first since a first-ever life sentence was handed down for an acid-related murder committed in March.

According to the victim Leng Socheata’s uncle, Sok Sorin, his nephew had been in a relationship with the 21-year-old Ung Limey prior to the attack, but had ceased contact with her after it was decided she was an unsuitable match for engagement.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jilted-lover-acid-attack

"Wrath knows no fury...like a woman scorned!"

Surely if the woman was riding behind him on a motorbike, she would have copped some of the acid herself, unless she poured it over him while stationary at traffic lights or something similar. Whatever, if you are going to douse someone with acid, wouldn't you want to be a safe distance from the victim? Doesn't make sense to do it from the rear of a bike, particularly a moving one where you are dependent on the driver for your own safety.