Cambodia News, Phnom Penh: This incident caused a surprise around Central Market in Sangkat Phsar Thmei 1, Khan Daun Penh on January 10, 2021, when a man who said he is Deputy Director of Phnom Chum Reay Training Center pulled out a gun and threatened a young man after crashing into his motorbike and causing an accident.

A Toyota Prius was driven by this man along Street 73 near Central Market, when the car swerved, causing the motorcyclist to fall and injure himself. The driver of the car then pulled out a gun and shouted, "What do you want?" and the victim raised his hand and asked him not to shoot. Those who saw the incident ran to help the victim, who fell off the motorcycle with a broken bone, and he was rushed to a hospital.
After that, the perpetrator continued to show his gun in front of the police, so the police asked him to remove it, and the perpetrator unloaded the gun, but he appeared to be drunk and was shouting that he was a military police officer and the deputy director of the Phnom Chumray Training Center.

Finally, the victim of the accident did not want to have any problems, so he did not file a complaint at the police station, only asking the person to pay for his treatment at the hospital.



Following the news that a man claiming to be a mitary officer using his firearm to threaten a civilian at an accident scene, Brigadier General Eng Hy, the spokesperson of the National Gendarmerie, would like to inform the public and the media that "the Gendarmerie has inspected the case according to the procedure”.

The spokesperson has confirmed that the person who caused the shooting at Phsar Thmei in Sangkat Phsar Thmei I, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, at around 4:30 am on January 10, 2021, has been identified as:
- Sok Na Malido, male, date of Birth: 17-08-1993
- Address: # 12E Zero, Street 88, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh.
Brigadier General Eng Hy said that Sok Na Malido is not registered with the Royal Gendarmerie, and the #295999 K-59 pistol is not on the Gendarmerie’s weapon management list. The Judicial Police Force of the Royal Gendarmerie is looking to question the accused driver.

He should be questioned very throughly.

Khmer sure do love their 'VIP' placards.

They don't really differentiate much seeing as how 90% of all cars here seem to have one, of one type or another.

The shorter list would be those who don't have a VIP placard.

A press release today by the spokesperson of the National Gendarmerie announced the man's arrest:

Cambodia News: Phnom Penh: According to the press release of the spokesperson of the National Gendarmerie on the morning of January 13, 2021, he stated, “I, Brigadier General Eng Hy, the spokesperson of the National Gendarmerie, would like to inform the general public that the person who pulled a gun and claimed to be a military man at Phsar Thmei in Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh on January 10, 2021, identified as Sok Namalido, male, has been arrested by the Judicial Police of the Phnom Penh Municipal Gendarmerie on January 12, 2021."

Way more transparent than America after Vietnam