A south African couple had their backpack snatched while riding on Baboo Train in Battambang.

Battambang: According to the report, around 10 am on 8 July, at the second bridge located in Ou Dambong village, Ou Dambong village2, Sengke district, there was a case happened which a foreign couple had their backpack while riding on Bamboo Train in Battambang.
The victim name Michael Hook?,48 years old and his wife name Lyza?. They both are South African.
The victim confirmed that in their backpack contained passport, visa, Iphone, ATM car and 20 dollar cash.

According to the report, the suspect is a friend of the Bamboo Train owner. Before the accident happened, the victims were riding on bamboo train from Ou Robong Station to Ou Srolaov station, and then the suspect asked for a lift. When they were half way on the way back, there was another Bamboo Train coming in the opposite way which required the Bamboo Train that the couple was riding to be removed from the railway and put aside.

While they were lifting up the Bamboo Train from the railway, the suspect snatched the backpack and tried to run away. Fortunately, local police saw it and tried to chase, but they eventually couldn’t arrest him as he run into the forest. Police only found the backpack that he threw away.

In that backpack, people found passport, visa and ATM card. He took away the money and phone.






Source: http://kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/article/123819.html

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Police arrested the suspect who snatched the backpack from the South African couple.

Battambang: According to the information that the correspondent of Koh Santepheap just received from the local authority via telephone calling. The suspect who snatched the backpack from the South African couple was arrested around 1:00 pm on 8 July. He was hiding in the forest.

Police said, the suspect name Sorn Piseth, 19 years old. He lives in the above address.
After the arrest, police confiscated all the properties that he took away from the back pack such as 22 dollar cash, 2600 Baht and an Iphone.





Source: http://kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/article/123854.html

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Just wow. Is he simple or what ? It says that he is "known" to the Bamboo Train owner and I bet the owner was really happy with the guy stealing from his customers. Great for business.
Why would he think that he would get away with that ?

When I lived in Battambang some teenagers strangled their aunt, stole around $1000 and the car, and tried to run away to Thailand, as if the Thais would welcome killers/thieves.

A rustic life does not encourage critical thinking.

So, they're not from San Francisco then?

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/police-blo ... battambang

Not quite the same story. And hmmm, " [police] did not find any of the tourist’s belongings on him [the thief]. " Well, search the police then.

A tourist''s trip went awry on Wednesday when a man on a moto travelling along the railway in Battambang province snatched her bag while she was riding the rails.

The handbag, which was stolen by one of the two people on the bike, contained $22, 2,600 baht and an iPhone, police said.

Later that day, police arrested a 19-year-old suspect, but did not find any of the tourist’s belongings on him.

The gravy train