Water Ministry official shot dead in his car

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Water Ministry official shot dead in his car

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Water Ministry official murdered, but motive uncertain
Mon, 15 May 2017

Authorities are hunting for suspects after an official from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology was shot dead in his car on Saturday night in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district.

District police chief Yom Saran said the victim, Soeun Panith, who is the deputy head of the legislation office for the Tonle Sap authority at the ministry, was about 60 metres from his home in Kakab commune when he was shot three times just before 10pm.

Saran said preliminary enquiries suggested the suspect or suspects had waited for the 28-year-old official.
“This is not a robbery case,” Saran said, noting none of the victim’s property had been stolen...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/w ... -uncertain
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Two men are being hunted by police in Phnom Penh after a government official was shot dead in his car on Saturday night.
Soeung Phaneth, 28, the deputy chief of legal affairs at the Ministry of Water Resources, was chased by two men on a motorbike and shot three times in his chest and left shoulder in Por Senchey district. He died immediately in his Toyota Camry, while the gunmen fled.

Por Senchey police chief Yim Sarann said the victim was on his way home from a wedding at the Koh Pich Centre in Tonle Bassac district.
The assailants followed him from the wedding...
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There's a pun in here somewhere, but I'm not going to faucet.
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vladimir wrote: Mon May 15, 2017 6:27 pm There's a pun in here somewhere, but I'm not going to faucet.
What precipitated that? It's a little hazy...
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vladimir wrote: Mon May 15, 2017 6:27 pm There's a pun in here somewhere, but I'm not going to faucet.
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