Cambodia News, Phnom Penh: The police force of Srah Chak Administration Post of Daun Penh District Police Inspectorate arrested a female suspect at 11:40 pm on July 21, 2020 along Preah Sisowath Quay, corner of Street 90 in Srah Chak commune, Daun Penh district, for stealing a man's wallet containing $ 2,000 earlier in the month.

Srah Chak Administration Police said that the suspect has been identified as Sok Eang, a 29-year-old female sex worker, living at Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh. She was charged with stealing a wallet on July 1, 2020 at 1:30am at Moha Sambath Guesthouse, Street 70, Village 19, Sangkat Srah Chak, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, from a 28-year-old Vietnamese male customer named PHAN VAN DAT. The wallet contained US$ 2,000 (two thousand dollars), one Vietnamese ID card and one AgriBank ATM card.

The suspect is currently being held at the Daun Penh District Police Inspectorate to build a case according to legal procedures.

More details:

The victim [Phan Van​ Dat, a 28-year-old Vietnamese man who lives in Siem Reap], said that on July 1, 2020, he arrived in Phnom Penh and went drinking. Then, he went to the Riverside area to look for a girl, and he met two girls who were standing on the street. He asked the suspect to sleep with him at Moha Sombath guesthouse. He paid her 50 USD.
When she left the guesthouse, the victim realized that he had lost his wallet with 2,000 USD.

Then, on July 21, 2020, the man saw the same girl on the street, so he caught her and took her to the police station. The suspect said that she didn't steal the wallet; according to her, a man named Yun was the thief.

wish they would remove all those khmer boys whos only income is from theft and intimidating girls

UPDATE: New arrest.
Cambodia News, Phnom Penh: Daun Penh District Police Inspectorate arrested a Vietnamese national on July 26, at 00:30 on Street 90, corner of Preah Sisowath, Village 11, Sangkat Srah Chak, as an accomplice in the theft of a wallet committed on July 1, 2020 at 13:30 in the afternoon at the Moha Sambath Guesthouse.

The police were searching for the above suspect after the victim, PHAN VAN DAT, a 28-year-old Vietnamese man, filed a complaint at the Srah Chak Administration Post concerning a stolen wallet containing $ 2,000, 1 Vietnamese ID card and 1 bank card.

Immediately after receiving the complaint, the Post's specialized force searched the scene and contacted the guesthouse owner to check the security camera to find the identity of the people involved. Authorities then cracked down and arrested one suspect, Sok Eang, a 29-year-old female, and continued to search for another accomplice, Yin Ly Li, alias Yuon, 26 years old, a female Vietnamese national. She was finally arrested almost a month after the theft, on July 26, 2020 at 00:30 at Street 90, on the corner of Preah Sisowath.

The police have been interrogating the suspects on past criminal activities and they are building a case file according to the procedure.

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:01 am

sold

What a choice? You report the theft and have your name spread all over the internet that you picked up a street hooker for $50 (no, no way too much!) and you are so absolutely stupid that you allowed your wallet with $2000 to leave the room with her? Or take the $2000 hit, stay silent and move on. He is not going to get the $2000 back anyway (if in fact there was $2000 there). His family should be proud of his new found celebrity.

^ totally agree with cambo swa + 'stupid from every angle evident'. I mean she too supppsedly just waltzed right back out on the beat..

Meatwand wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:34 am ^ totally agree with cambo swa + 'stupid from every angle evident'. I mean she too supppsedly just waltzed right back out on the beat..

These girls are brazen to say the least, I had a moto stolen by a girl from pontoon, and she was in there the very next night to which i promptly got my moto back. That someone wouldn't go lie low for a month or two after stealing $2k, or a moto and return to the same spot the very next night defies belief really.

She was arrested 1 month after the incident!

My question is, are here charges related to the overall theft value? more value = more time?
Was there really 2K, how can this even be proven and how do they know it was her?

I get the feeling, anyone can cry victim of any offence here and the accused is automatically proven guilty!

Don't forget that there were two women involved in the theft, so it's likely that the first one, who was arrested the day after the theft, gave the other woman's details to the police, and they have been searching since then.
She probably also confirmed to police that there was $2000 in the wallet, which was taken away by the other woman so she wasn't getting any of it.

Immediately after receiving the complaint, the Post's specialized force searched the scene and contacted the guesthouse owner to check the security camera to find the identity of the people involved. Authorities then cracked down and arrested one suspect, Sok Eang, a 29-year-old female, and continued to search for another accomplice, Yin Ly Li, alias Yuon, 26 years old, a female Vietnamese national. She was finally arrested almost a month after the theft, on July 26, 2020 at 00:30 at Street 90, on the corner of Preah Sisowath.