Cambodia News (Kandal Province): On August 15, 2021, in Toul Krobao village, Kokir commune, Kien Svay district, a husband severely beat his wife and badly injured her because he was drunk on beer.

Before the violence, the woman took a microphone out and began to sing, when all of a sudden, her husband snatched the mic from her and attacked her with it on the head, causing her to bleed; she stormed off and ran away from the suspect.
However, the husband followed her home and became even more violent; he strangled her neck, pulled her hair, slammed her onto the bed, kicked her, slapped her face 6 times, with blood flying everywhere, and then he told the victim that he would smash up their child in front of her, while the child was actually in his hands.


After the incident, the victim went to the police and filed a report, so the woman's husband was detained and questioned by the Kokir district police. The suspect then confessed that he had committed the violence. The suspect and the evidence were transferred to Kien Svay district police station awaiting trial.