Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On April 3, 2020, at 7:20 pm, a 38-year-old South Korean man, KUNCHEUL HONG, was found dead in the toilet of his room at a guesthouse on street 178, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh.

According to Long Kimcheang, the guesthouse manager, the Korean man checked in at the guesthouse on March 30, at 10:40 am. On April 3, Vy Sokna, a cleaner, went to the victim's room, but smelled a dead body, so she reported to the manager. The manager and the staff went to knock on the bathroom door, but there was no reply, so they broke the lock and found the victim's body. The man was found hanging and had left a suicide note. The manager reported the case to the police immediately.


After receiving the information, the specialist police went to the scene for a post mortem examination and reported to the prosecutor, the criminal police, and the Department of Immigration. Mr. Norng Sovannaroth, the autopsist, concluded that the victim had committed suicide by hanging.

The victim's belongings were sent to the South Korean Embassy, except the passport that needed to be sent to the the Ministry of Interior. The body has been taken to keep at Tuek Thlar pagoda.
RIP.