Friday 21 Three robbers on motorcycle embushed a garment worker, Sokh Rithy, 21, as he left home in Ang Snuol to take his wife -- also a garment worker -- back from work at 7 p.m., January 19. The three blocked Sokh Rithy who was riding his motorbike, shot him in the thigh [right photo] and took his moto away quietly. Province of Kandal : Chhorn Lim, 25, tried to commit suicide by swallowing pills because the woman he loved married another man.

Sunday 23 Phon Sophan, 24 and Sim Samphoas, 24 [left photo], in Phnom Penh suburb of Dangkor, went drunk all night, yelled and insulted villagers and then put on fire a inhabitated house. In Sihanoukville, January 19, 11 a.m., Lat Leng, 33, offered a 57-year-old woman a alcohol drink, lured her into a bush and raped her.

Monday 24 Hem Pheng, 24, Rith Sophorn, 24 and Rich Chha, 17 [right photo], were caught by the police on the bridge to the governor-office of Kampong Speu with machete and kitchen knives in hands. All with shaved heads, they confessed being ... Buddhist monks of the Samboor Pagoda disguised as civilians and were prepared to rob passer-byes and then have fun with the money in a brothel. They were caught at their first attempt. Kampong Thom : Suon Sort, 25, raped a 14-year-old daughter of his godfather.

Tuesday 25 Phnom Penh, January 23, 12:40 p.m., two men on a motorbike stopped at a vendor stand just beside the Bak Touk high school. The backseater stepped down, pointed a handgun to two female students sipping a sugar-cane drink at the stand and asked for her gold and platinum jewels and cellular phone. After the two thugs drove away, the victims Kot Ratanarin, 19 and Keo Chandy, 19 [left photo], ran to the police post which were just metres away. The amazed policemen said they looked out just minutes ago and did see the two students and a group of playing boys.

Wednesday 26 Children of both sexes were playing in the Takhmao garden at the Bassac bank, January 7, 10 p.m. Three men closed up, caught a 12-year-old girl and raped her. The other children ran away and alerted the adults. The police were after the criminals two of whom [right photo] were arrested on January 23 and 24 : Seng Khorn, 25 and Heng Sophal, 24. The third culprit is known but still at large. Thursday 27 Svay Rieng : A policeman of the crime squad lost his motorcycle, stolen by a bakery employee and Vietnamese national, Nguyen Van Long, 18. The thug was not caught at the border but in the province of Prey Veng at 8:30 p.m., January 22. Friday 28 Phnom Penh : Ly Chamroeun, 22, dreamed to be "motodop for foreigners". One week after his wedding ceremony, he threatened to kill himself by jumping from the 4th floor. The reason : his big brother has no money left from the marriage gifts, the money he expected to buy a motorbike with.

Sunday 30 Kampong Thom : In December and January respectively, a 74-year-old abused sexually his 14-year-old stepdaughter, and a 84-year-old his 15-year-old niece. The two "Ta Steav" (vieillardolescents?) meet together in prison [photo below]. 3 kg of heroin were seized at Pochentong Airport on a Singaporean national boarding a flight to Malaysia. Low Meng Kwane, 35 [right photo], posed as a wounded man with two powder packs stuck on his thigh and two on his leg.

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