A victim of an alleged police shooting filed a court complaint on Monday against a police official in Banteay Meanchey province for attempted manslaughter and illegal use of a weapon — an incident national police brushed off as being only a “warning shot.”
After a minor traffic incident, the son of a tycoon brandished an AK-47 rifle he later claimed to have picked up in his father’s sugarcane plantation, according to police.
The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing border closures have dealt a heavy blow to informal workers in Poipet, including cart-pushing porters, who struggle to find alternative sources of income.
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