Senior Monks Arrested Traveling with Beer, Gambling, and Police Uniform

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Senior Monks Arrested Traveling with Beer, Gambling, and Police Uniform

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Cambodia News, (Kampong Speu): On the night of April 17, 2021, at 1:10am, Bor Seth District Unity Command stopped two vehicles traveling from north to south at Ang Dek Kandal Bridge in Kandal commune, Kampong Speu province, for questioning. Two suspicious monks were found with beer, some dice, and a police uniform in their car:
1 - Venerable Nuon Chenda, 39 years old, is the Chief Monk of Wat Mony Sophoan in Po Mral Commune, Bor Seth District, Kampong Speu Province.
2- Venerable Chheng Meng Hiek, 35 years old, is the Chief monk of Wat Sen Udom, also known as Wat (Boeng Salam), located in Por Meral Commune, Bor Seth District, Kampong Speu Province.
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Police found the following exhibits:
1- 5 cans of beer - 1 remote control - 1 sponge bowl - 4 sponges - 10 sets of clothes - One police uniform.
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Re: Senior Monks Arrested Traveling with Beer, Gambling, and Police Uniform

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The 5 cans of beer found with the venerable monks may have been designated for offerings. :wink: The dice and police uniform OTOH.. :?
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Re: Senior Monks Arrested Traveling with Beer, Gambling, and Police Uniform

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clutchcargo wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:26 am The 5 cans of beer found with the venerable monks may have been designated for offerings. :wink: The dice and police uniform OTOH.. :?
No your are not understanding at all.....

That remote control and sponges with sponge bowl could be tools for a revolution. Just imagine if they drove past the big blokes hut and turned of his air con.....

They would then sell the sponge bowl and sponges (with complimentary water) to keep everyone cool.

The Dice and were for infiltrating small village gambling dens of village women and the uniforms were for sale from service persons who have become monks.

See all explained.. :hattip:
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April 19, 2021
Monks defrocked, charged for impersonating police officers, violating curfew
Kampong Speu Provincial Court charged two defrocked monks yesterday, accused of violating the government’s curfew and forging public documents pretending to be police officials.

Lieutenant Colonel Keo Saveth, Borseth district deputy police chief, identified the two defrocked monks as Noun Chenda, 39, the former chief of Mony Sorphoan Pagoda, and Ching Mengheak, 35, the former chief of Sen Oudom Pogoda, both located in the province’s Borseth district, in Por Mreal commune.

Lt Col Saveth told Khmer Times yesterday that they were both charged with three counts of “violating the government’s curfew, forging public documents and using forged documents”.

If convicted they face between five and seven years in prison each, he said.

He added that they were arrested at 1.30am on Saturday after they both tried to drive through the district police’s barricade in Mreal commune.

Lt Col Saveth said that after inspecting their cars, police seized many fake police uniforms items that said they were ranked as Major police officials, many cans of beer and the two cars.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50840816/m ... ng-curfew/
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