No "Good Samaritan" Laws in Cambodia

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No "Good Samaritan" Laws in Cambodia

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Police on Tuesday identified a Cambodian-American man as the individual they apprehended in Phnom Penh on Monday after reporters covering a car crash were assaulted and shot at by those involved in the accident, which involved a car with police license plates.

Srah Chak commune deputy police chief Srieng Bunnara, who led the police deployed to the scene of the multi-car accident near Wat Phnom in Daun Penh district at about 1 a.m., named the apprehended suspect as Moeun Saramith, 32, who resides in the U.S.

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“They are wrong to accuse me because I do not know anything,” he said. “I was just driving around [Phnom Penh] because I just came from overseas. I just came to visit, and I saw Khmer people having an argument with each other.”

“I love Khmer people. So I tried to stop them,” he added before being escorted into a police vehicle.

Deputy municipal court prosecutor Keo Socheat said no charges were laid against Mr. Saramith and that he was being detained for further questioning.

“After questioning today, we have still not decided whether to charge the suspect yet,” he said, declining to comment further.

According to a police report, a complaint about Monday night’s incident was filed by seven journalists including three from the Cambodian News Channel, one from Hang Meas TV, one from TV3, and two from local online news websites.

Ngov Dina, a Hang Meas TV cameraman who was among those who filed the complaint, said he witnessed Mr. Saramith attack reporters and grab their cameras, and presumed he had been called to back up those involved in the crash.

“I saw him in the back of the car with two ladies including [pop singer] Ork Somavatey and then I saw he was the first to make trouble with reporters and try to grab our cameras,” Mr. Dina said. “We saw the man with the long hair attack reporters. I told him we were journalists but he did not listen.”

Mr. Dina said Mr. Saramith was not the shooter, but was actively involved in the scuffle.

“If he is not in the wrong, when he saw the accident, why did he come to help those men?” he added.......


https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/poli ... ers-74766/







This is why it's a bad idea to stop and try to help people in accidents, etc. If you stop and help them in Cambodia the police will say, "why did he stop to help if he isn't guilty.

And I'm not saying this Khmer-American isn't guilty of something, I'm just pointing out the police logic here.

If you do decide to stop and assist strangers in such cases, at least be aware of the risk you're taking. :hattip:

No Good Samaritan laws here.
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Re: No

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I remember a story----years ago------where an American tourist visited a brothel in PP. He found that the girls were underage, complained and eventually called the cops. Guess who got arrested ???? :D :facepalm:
Und der Haifisch der hat Tränen
Und die laufen vom Gesicht
Doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser
So die Tränen sieht man nicht

In der Tiefe ist es einsam
Und so manche Träne fliesst
Und so kommt es dass das Wasser
In den Meeren salzig ist
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Francis wrote:Guess who got arrested ???? :D :facepalm:
Fletcher?
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The real news is that the police turned up at 1am, their boss must have been in the SUV. And the other ten people they are seeking, were they in the Tico?
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General Mackevili wrote:Police on Tuesday identified a Cambodian-American man as the individual they apprehended in Phnom Penh on Monday after reporters covering a car crash were assaulted and shot at by those involved in the accident, which involved a car with police license plates.

Srah Chak commune deputy police chief Srieng Bunnara, who led the police deployed to the scene of the multi-car accident near Wat Phnom in Daun Penh district at about 1 a.m., named the apprehended suspect as Moeun Saramith, 32, who resides in the U.S.

.......

“They are wrong to accuse me because I do not know anything,” he said. “I was just driving around [Phnom Penh] because I just came from overseas. I just came to visit, and I saw Khmer people having an argument with each other.”

“I love Khmer people. So I tried to stop them,” he added before being escorted into a police vehicle.

Deputy municipal court prosecutor Keo Socheat said no charges were laid against Mr. Saramith and that he was being detained for further questioning.

“After questioning today, we have still not decided whether to charge the suspect yet,” he said, declining to comment further.

According to a police report, a complaint about Monday night’s incident was filed by seven journalists including three from the Cambodian News Channel, one from Hang Meas TV, one from TV3, and two from local online news websites.

Ngov Dina, a Hang Meas TV cameraman who was among those who filed the complaint, said he witnessed Mr. Saramith attack reporters and grab their cameras, and presumed he had been called to back up those involved in the crash.

“I saw him in the back of the car with two ladies including [pop singer] Ork Somavatey and then I saw he was the first to make trouble with reporters and try to grab our cameras,” Mr. Dina said. “We saw the man with the long hair attack reporters. I told him we were journalists but he did not listen.”

Mr. Dina said Mr. Saramith was not the shooter, but was actively involved in the scuffle.

“If he is not in the wrong, when he saw the accident, why did he come to help those men?” he added.......


https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/poli ... ers-74766/







This is why it's a bad idea to stop and try to help people in accidents, etc. If you stop and help them in Cambodia the police will say, "why did he stop to help if he isn't guilty.

And I'm not saying this Khmer-American isn't guilty of something, I'm just pointing out the police logic here.

If you do decide to stop and assist strangers in such cases, at least be aware of the risk you're taking. :hattip:

No Good Samaritan laws here.
When I first moved here a few years ago, on St. 432 in Toul Tom Pong on the way to work, I saw a moto pullin a trailer swide swipe a girl on a moto and put her hard into the pavement... blood and shit... To my left is a tan(beige) shirt cop, he just drives around her as she is screaming and holding her arm ( broken). That was when I learned .....learned... that you don't stop for shit.

Sorry, fucks, you wannna drive like monkeys, die like monkeys. So sick of the driving in Phnom Penh.
I'll give ya 500 Riel for it...
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General Mackevili wrote:This is why it's a bad idea to stop and try to help people in accidents, etc. If you stop and help them in Cambodia the police will say, "why did he stop to help if he isn't guilty.

And I'm not saying this Khmer-American isn't guilty of something, I'm just pointing out the police logic here.

If you do decide to stop and assist strangers in such cases, at least be aware of the risk you're taking. :hattip:

No Good Samaritan laws here.
That's an interesting way to spin the story, have you considered going into politics?

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Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:Sorry, fucks, you wannna drive like monkeys, die like monkeys. So sick of the driving in Phnom Penh.
Do real life monkeys drive like the monkeys in Jumanji? Those critters were pretty cool. I saw an elephant ride a unicycle in Thailand, that was sweet.
Scarier than malaria.
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Re: No "Good Samaritan" Laws in Cambodia

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ali baba wrote:
General Mackevili wrote:This is why it's a bad idea to stop and try to help people in accidents, etc. If you stop and help them in Cambodia the police will say, "why did he stop to help if he isn't guilty.

And I'm not saying this Khmer-American isn't guilty of something, I'm just pointing out the police logic here.

If you do decide to stop and assist strangers in such cases, at least be aware of the risk you're taking. :hattip:

No Good Samaritan laws here.
That's an interesting way to spin the story, have you considered going into politics?

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What did I spin?

The police are saying he must be guilty because innocent people have no reason to stop and help at the scene of an accident. :facepalm:
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Re: No

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Who in his right mind would interfere in a dozen men brawl when guns are fired ? I doubt very much he was just a bystander.

Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:
Sorry, fucks, you wannna drive like monkeys, die like monkeys. So sick of the driving in Phnom Penh.
Just drove from SHV to Jomtien no stop in a slower than usual 8 hours. The pavement on the khmer side, from the border gate to the casinos is still a disgrace but getting worse, the highway repairs from koh kong to national road 4 that started a year and half ago are going at the slowest pace possible and as expected, 95% of khmer drivers shouldn't be allowed behind any wheel but one of a soap cart box.
However once in Thailand it never fails to make me feel like I am experimenting a miracle. Drivers checking their mirrors, indicators used as they should, fast but non aggressive driving, no surprise road repairs or potholes etc. :facepalm:
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