18yo British Woman Gets Bag Snatched in Battambang

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:48 pm

Battambang: On July 15 at 8 pm, an 18-year-old woman, British expat REBECCA ANN HURST, got her bag snatched in Kamakor village, Battambang. Two thieves were arrested and identified as Phon Sanpeng, 17 years old, and Kong Rotanak, 18 years old.

The colonel Phet Vanny said that the victim was riding her bicycle on the street, when suddenly, the suspects rode up on their motorbike to snatch her bag, and then ran away. The local police saw the incident and they chased the suspects, who were put under arrest. The police confiscated the motorbike, and they recovered the stolen bag, which contained a phone, some money(4500 Riel and $ 7) and a powerbank, and restored it to the British woman.

After the arrest, the suspects were taken to the police station for questioning and case preparation.

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:54 pm

I miss the days when these scumbags would get a good working over, I mean ran into the door jamb repeatedly, before being presented to the press.

prahocalypse now · Post by **prahocalypse now** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:55 pm

She came to Cambodia to work for charity, they snatch her bag. Ungrateful little cocksuckers.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:56 pm

This is the second aggression reported on a young British woman in Battambang this week. Are there more reports on social media which find their way to the forum, or are there more little runts on motorbikes targeting foreigners, and women in particular ?

Not so long ago, if anyone asked me about crime and violence in Cambodia, I would have said that, outside of PP and Shv, violent crime on foreigners and bag snatchings are rare. At the same time, there has been a general increase in the number of drug arrests, and there seems to be meth in every corner of Cambodia these days, so could that be related ?

The other Battambang thread from 8 July:
newsworthy/british-expat-laura-mcfadyen ... 20MCFADYEN

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:07 pm

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:56 pm I would have said that, outside of PP and Shv, violent crime on foreigners and bag snatchings are rare.

Bag snatchings were certainly common in Temple Town 10 years ago.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:33 pm

One of the suspects takes the cops to where he dropped the bag.

Counting out the grand haul of $8.25. (Riel and dollars).

Barang chgout · Post by **Barang chgout** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:27 am

Anchor Moy wrote:This is the second aggression reported on a young British woman in Battambang this week. Are there more reports on social media which find their way to the forum, or are there more little runts on motorbikes targeting foreigners, and women in particular ?

Not so long ago, if anyone asked me about crime and violence in Cambodia, I would have said that, outside of PP and Shv, violent crime on foreigners and bag snatchings are rare. At the same time, there has been a general increase in the number of drug arrests, and there seems to be meth in every corner of Cambodia these days, so could that be related ?

The other Battambang thread from 8 July:
newsworthy/british-expat-laura-mcfadyen ... 20MCFADYEN

Meth is fucking everywhere.
It's scary to watch these guys start to use and then go downhill real quick.
The lack of education leads to a situation where they have no idea at all about what it is they are doing to themselves.
The kids out here use all the time and it's only a matter of time before some real bad shit will go down.

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