Owner of Alamo Cafe Admits to Murder & Shows Police Where She Dumped the Body Parts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Sentenced)

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Re: Owner of Alamo Cafe Admits to Murder & Shows Police Where She Dumped the Body Parts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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GMJS-CEO wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:57 pm
Arget wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:07 pm What were these horrible things she did in the past and which ones did he know about and failed to react?
Based on post from the other forum. She had made candy with glass inside and threw it near neighbors home because she wanted to gravely harm their 4-year-old child.

If my woman was pulling that kind of stunt, I'm long gone.


Is this verifiable fact, or are we just helping to feed the outrage based on an unsubstantiated forum post.
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Even the amount of money owed is not the same in the different news reports. The Phnom Penh Post says $1,000, but the Khmer Times says here that the suspect owed $6,000.
Maj Savuth noted that both women were close friends and Ms Sophal had borrowed about $6,000 from Ms Yaneang.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50613291/w ... me-murder/

Woman detained for murder of hairdresser over unpaid $1K debt
12 June 2019
A woman has been held in connection with the murder of a 40-year-old widow. The victim’s daughter claims the motive was the suspect’s unpaid four million riel ($1,000) debt to her mother.

The 17-year-old girl, Pich Sievmey, said her mother, Koem Yaneang, a hairdresser at the Phsar Chas market, received a call from the suspect on June 2, requesting Yaneang to visit the suspect’s house in the vicinity of Phsar Kandal.

Yaneang persuaded an apprentice hairdresser to accompany her until the evening when she returned home with one of the suspect’s daughters.

On June 3 at 10am, Yaneang rode a motorbike to take the daughter back to the suspect. It was the last time anyone saw Yaneang, said Sievmey.
After her mother’s disappearance, Sievmey filed a complaint at the Chey Chumneah commune police station in Daun Penh district.
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... id-1k-debt
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Re: Owner of Alamo Cafe Admits to Murder & Shows Police Where She Dumped the Body Parts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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GMJS-CEO wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:57 pm
Arget wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:07 pm What were these horrible things she did in the past and which ones did he know about and failed to react?
Based on post from the other forum. She had made candy with glass inside and threw it near neighbors home because she wanted to gravely harm their 4-year-old child.

If my woman was pulling that kind of stunt, I'm long gone.
I would have thought that anything based on the other forum may not be accepted as fact outright as the quote from the other forum (same dickhead) said


"Da lost one of her children 2 years ago.

Around 2 years ago one of Da's children lost her hearing on one ear because she and all ya'lls good friend Walter did not bother to bring the child to the doctor despite complaining about pain in the ear for weeks.

It would be interesting to find out if it was the same daughter who went deaf that later died. It would also be interesting to know what Da had to do with it because the child fits in a freezer a lot easier than 50 kg chumps."


This child died in an accident with a tuk tuk before Da was with Walter.

The stupidity of the poster adding " It would also be interesting to know what Da had to do with it because the child fits in a freezer a lot easier than 50 kg chumps." is a stupid dumb WRONG statement that is only evidence that all crap this person has written on the other forum including the throwing food with glass in it to harm other children is just sensationalised lies to make out that they "know" more than others.

[Admin Edit: No need to insult other members based on their opinions. This is a horrific case, and everyone is welcome to have their own opinions, even if you think they are way off base.]
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GMJS-CEO wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:57 pm Based on post from the other forum. She had made candy with glass inside and threw it near neighbors home because she wanted to gravely harm their 4-year-old child.

If my woman was pulling that kind of stunt, I'm long gone.
IF that claim is true (and to be honest, I think it's from a source that apparently was quite close to the accused and knew her well), I wonder whether her current husband was aware of it. In other posts it's said many of his friends abandoned him because he kept dating (and apparently later marrying) the accused.

I know of quite a few relationships here between a foreigner and a Cambodian that - let's put it mildly - not everyone in the foreigners circle is agreeable with. But to totally abandon your friend because of that? Then there must be some real serious doubts about or accusations against the Cambodian partner.

And yet, many people here defend the husband. So, he's just totally blinded by 'love', not seeing any wrong wirings in his wife, and if he sees them just sweep it under the carpet? If that's true... well, see the pattern yourself.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:57 pm Even the amount of money owed is not the same in the different news reports. The Phnom Penh Post says $1,000, but the Khmer Times says here that the suspect owed $6,000.
I think the difference is: money owed to one creditor (the victim) against money owed to multiple creditors.

And that's apparently why the woman was murdered, because she threatened to tell all other money lenders that she was a bad debtor and disclose her exact address.

Combine this with reports that the husband paid off all her previous debts, but threatened to end the relationship when she would make new debts.

I'm quite sure this money thing is all about gambling. It's so sad, and it really is a cancer in Cambodian society. I've seen it many times before: Cambodians hoping, praying, wishing to get 'rich' through gambling. And the result is... being over your head into debt.
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Felgerkarb wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:42 pm
Spigzy wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:39 pm
Felgerkarb wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:11 pm Since she was a skilled cook with pork, which human meat is like, it was easy for her.
Updated.
Snatch wrote: You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm, or any woman skilled cooking pork. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig."
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I don't know anything about that, I was simply quoting her own words from the confession video. The shitty reporting on this topic makes actual facts hard to come by. I am sticking to eyewitness testimony for now, from the perp, the daughter and brother of the victim for details. All the rest is just conjecture and crap at this point.
It's a quote from the movie Snatch. The poster just added the "...or any woman skilled cooking pork" bit. Great movie.
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Sorry to say, but TOF seems a bit more in contact with the husband. And it's said there that hubby is now looking to get his wife a lawyer.

Wait a minute, let this sink in: your Cambodian wife already confessed a gruesome murder, and you're getting her a lawyer? Uhm, for what exactly? You're still so much blinded by 'love' that you think spending money on a lawyer is a wise thing to do?

I'm sorry, but I'm beginning to doubt if the husband is sane at all.

Poor kids, by the way.
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frizzie77 wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:25 pm Sorry to say, but TOF seems a bit more in contact with the husband. And it's said there that hubby is now looking to get his wife a lawyer.

Wait a minute, let this sink in: your Cambodian wife already confessed a gruesome murder, and you're getting her a lawyer? Uhm, for what exactly? You're still so much blinded by 'love' that you think spending money on a lawyer is a wise thing to do?

I'm sorry, but I'm beginning to doubt if the husband is sane at all.

Poor kids, by the way.
I don't follow the logic that whoever can come up with the wildest speculation must be in closer contact with him. I've been in contact with him a lot since this happened (as a friend, not interrogating him), as I'm concerned for him. Some people and even some Khmer outlets are saying he's on the run, and I personally don't buy that at all. I still believe he's in total shock about all this. And I don't see how wanting to get a lawyer for someone charged with a terrible crime means anything other than you at least have enough sense to get a lawyer. I can't imagine a situation when charged with something serious, whether innocent or guilty, that getting a lawyer isn't the top priority. If she's guilty (which is pretty obvious in this case, imho, duh) it probably makes even more sense to lawyer up.

And again, this has been the biggest story in the local news the last couple days, so I don't blame anyone for speculating about the case, but I'm still willing to take his word over the various Khmer outlets until we see any real evidence otherwise. Am I claiming to be his alibi? No, I'm just saying I believe him over the rumors being currently spread, that's all. So again, everyone is entitled to their opinion on the case, but I think it's important not to get carried away until more comes to light.

It's just a matter of time until we know more, and we'll see if any of these rumors have an ounce of truth to them, and if they do, I'll be quick to admit I was totally wrong, but I still firmly believe that he had nothing to do with the tragic death. It's a really heartbreaking story for two families with kids.
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General Mackevili wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:04 am I can't imagine a situation when charged with something serious, whether innocent or guilty, that getting a lawyer isn't the top priority. If she's guilty (which is pretty obvious in this case, imho, duh) it probably makes even more sense to lawyer up.
Getting a lawyer should be her priority, not his. If he believes she committed murder to conceal the fact she owed money, he should walk away from the whole thing right now.

They haven't been married all that long. The kids aren't his. I don't even know that the kids are hers. I don't think he has any obligation to her or the kids at all.
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frizzie77 wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:36 pm
And that's apparently why the woman was murdered, because she threatened to tell all other money lenders that she was a bad debtor and disclose her exact address.

Is her best defense that the killing was justified because she acted in self-defense or defense of others?

"The moneylender told me she was going to disclose my address to dangerous people who I believed would harm me and my family if they knew my address. These other creditors previously told me that if I didn't pay them back they'd kill my family. So I had to kill the moneylender otherwise she would have revealed my address to bad people who would then kill my children."

I'm not saying it's a great defense, but isn't it much better than "I killed her because she wanted her money back and to prevent my husband from learning how much I owed."
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