Chinese couple seriously injured in robbery in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese couple were seriously beaten by a group of robbers in Phnom Penh's Por Senchey district early Friday, a local police chief confirmed. The couple were badly injured on their heads and legs in the robbery, said Yim Saran, police chief of Por Senchey district.

He said the incident occurred at 2:20 a.m. after midnight at a factory they worked for when a group of possible six robbers climbed the factory's fence into their bedroom in an attempt to steal valuable assets. "The robbers attacked the couple when they woke up and saw them stealing their belongings," he told Xinhua.

Police had arrested one of the suspects, who got injured on his legs after falling down from the fence and could not escape. The suspect, who was a motor-taxi driver, confessed to the robbery, saying that they committed the crime after using drugs. According to Yim Saran, police are hunting for the remaining suspects.