Kampot Police Sent to Court for Firing at Ground and Killing a Man
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Khut Sokun
Fri Nov 6, 2020 4:38 pm

KAMPOT: Three Kampot police officers were arrested and sent to court Thursday afternoon for killing a man because of a “coincidence” — they fired a gun at the ground while responding to a scuffle and the bullet hit the man, the provincial police chief said on Thursday.

In a statement, Kampot provincial police said a group of five young people sitting in a coffee shop on Monday confronted two others who were staring at them from another table. The group of five later chased the two others on motorbikes, in Kampot city’s Kampong Bay commune, the statement said.

Provincial Police chief Mao Chanmakthurith said officers arrived and immediately ordered two of the men in pursuit to stop driving. The men ignored them and hit the police with their motorbike, causing injuries to two officers, he said.

Kampot city officers then responded by firing a shot at the ground, which ricocheted and hit Mam Vibol, 29, Chanmakthurith said.

Vibol was taken to hospital but died the same day.

The chief said the three officers did not intend to shoot Vibol, instead calling it a “coincidence” that their attempt to stop the men had killed one of them. The officer who fired the shot was being disciplined by the National Police, Chanmakthurith said.

Three officers were arrested on Wednesday and then sent to court for questioning the next day over their response to the dispute, he said.

The provincial police headquarters gave Vibol’s family $4,500 for a funeral ceremony, though they denied this was a settlement payment to the surviving relatives.

However, Mam Dany, the victim’s father, said he thought the officers intended to shoot his son. The trajectory of the bullet — which entered the left side of Mam Vibol’s rib cage and exited through the right — didn’t look like it had come off the ground, the father said.

Dany said he would not file a court complaint because of the high cost, but he still asked the provincial court to find justice for his son and his family.
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It’s not possible to run over anyone on a Moto without the rider coming off.

“Rode at” would be a more accurate description.

What are you talking about man.

No more ricochets bullets.


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Cam.O'Dear wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:19 am No more ricochets bullets.


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Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has given the green light to open a police shooting range in Kampot province.

The Kampot provincial police office numbers around 1,700 officers, 100 of whom are from special intervention unit.

ffs how were they being trained before? Plinking Black Panther cans around a coconut tree?

Guarantee you that the police chiefs down there all have their requisite Range Rovers......and for a quarter of the cost of one you could outfit a proper gun range.

Range training is supposed to be recurrent and regular.......have they even been trained on the disassembly and maintenance of their firearms?

An entire province without a police shooting range.............naw.......lets deal with Facebook sellers showing too much cleavage, instead.