Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: On December 21, 2018, at 10 pm, an unidentified Chinese man was beaten up by local people in Phnom Penh after smashing his car into a tuk-tuk and trying to run away from the scene of the accident.

A witness said that the tuk tuk driver was transporting three passengers in the direction from east to west on Veng Sreng road. Then, at the scene of the accident, he was turning right to go to the pagoda, when suddenly, a car plate no. PP2U-4026 crashed into the tuk-tuk causing serious damage to the vehicle. The passengers were slightly injured in the accident .

The Chinese driver of the car tried to run away from the accident scene, but he was stopped by an angry mob of local people and was severely beaten. He had serious injuries and was sent to the hospital by ambulance immediately after the police intervened.



Police at the scene impounded both vehicles at the police station while waiting to determine the extent of damages and due compensation for the accident, allegedly caused by the Chinese driver.

Update: Latest report says that a man in an orange shirt, speaking Chinese and Khmer, intervened before police arrived. After some negotiation between the parties, the Chinese driver apologized and agreed to pay a $300 compensation fee to the tuktuk driver.