Man beaten to death after attempted theft UPDATE INDEED BEATEN BY COPS

[geovalin]

Kim Sarom

 

A man who attempted to rob a police officer of his motorbike was beaten to death by a mob of villagers in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district on Friday, provincial police said yesterday, adding that no suspect had so far been identified.

 

According to district police chief Seng Socheat, a police officer identified as 33-year-old Chhay Sina was riding his motorbike alone – wearing his police uniform – in Prek Koy commune’s Svay Tany village on Friday when four men on two motorbikes yelled at him, demanding he stop.

 

Sina refused and shouted for help, quickly gathering a crowd of villagers who caught up with two of the four robbers and severely beat them before handing them over to the police. One of the robbers, Chamroeun Seyha, 26, died in the hospital after succumbing to his injuries.

 

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[Grubster]

Sounds to me like some tough guys met their match.

[geovalin]

Kandal cops on the lam after fatal beating

Tue, 25 October 2016

Kim Sarom

 

Three police officers have been implicated in the murder of a man in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district on Friday, contradicting an earlier claim that the man had been fatally beaten by a mob after attempting to steal one of the officers’ motorbikes.

 

The three police officers are now at large, a police official said yesterday, with the victim’s family maintaining that no robbery had even taken place.

 

In fact, in an account posted on the National Police website, the dead man’s wife and one of his companions that night both said that victim Chamroeun Seyha, 26, had been badly beaten while in police custody, only to later die of his wounds after being sent to hospital.

 

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[Strange]

Good. Hate a thief.