Kandal gang rape leaves victim unconscious
Wed, 3 August 2016
Kim Sarom

Police arrested five men in Kandal’s Sa’ang district on Monday evening after their alleged gang-rape of a garment worker, the second such attack in the Kingdom in the past week.

Provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said the brutal attack left the woman unconscious. “We are now interrogating [the suspects],” he said.

Sa’ang district police chief Seng Socheat, however, told the Post that all five, farmers living in Roka Leu village, had already confessed.

According to police, the victim’s boyfriend, Reth Ratha, also known as Mok, 20, phoned her on Monday to suggest a tryst. The victim, 22, came to meet him, only to find another man, 17, waiting there, too.

Ratha said they then took her via motorbike to a mango plantation, with three others – Sopheap Chhlonh, 18, and two underage suspects – following on a motorbike.

“Only [Ratha and the 17-year-old] raped her. A third guy attempted to rape her, but she fell unconscious,” police said...
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Gang-Rape Suspects Charged by Court
The Kandal provincial court charged five men yesterday with the brutal gang rape of a young woman on Monday night...

The group gave conflicting stories and answers when interrogated. Initially, they all said they were sober and that the couple wanted to have sex with the entire group.
But in a later police interrogation video, three of the men, including Mr. Ratha, said they had been drinking rice wine together before Mr. Ratha called the victim.

They all confessed to raping the victim, with Mr. Ratha claiming that he organized the brutal sexual assault because he believed she was cheating on him.
The men face seven to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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