‘Sorcerer’ hiding in police station for 2 years

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Phak Seangly

 

As reports continue to pile up of accused sorcerers being violently forced from their homes – most recently in Kampong Speu province – The Post has learned that an alleged “sorcerer” and his family have been holed up at a district police station for the last two years.

 

Rocham Kin, his wife and his six children, were forced from their home in Kak commune’s Chrung village in April 2015 after villagers, including Kin’s own brother, tried to kill him.

 

The ethnic Jarai villagers alleged Kin used black magic and brateal, a succulent plant believed to hold magical properties, to kill up to a dozen people. Kin, 50, said yesterday that he and his family have remained at the Bakeo district police station ever since he was first taken into protective custody there. “I am afraid of them abusing me again. Living here is safer,” Kin said.

 

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