RIP

Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): A woman died on 19 January 2022 at Preah Kosomak Hospital from injuries received four days ago, after a group of thieves snatched her bag while she was riding a motorbike on the way to shop at Orussey Market, causing her to fall from the motorcycle and hit the road.

The victim was Pum Ravin, a 38-year-old woman living in Trapeang Po Village, Sangkat Choam Chao III, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh. She was attacked by the gang at 9:15am on January 15, 2022, along the Boulevard of the Russian Federation in Sangkat Kakap I, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh, and she died in hospital on the morning of January 19.

According to sources, before the incident, the victim was seen riding a black McWave motorcycle, with license plate Phnom Penh 1GM-1636, traveling along the Boulevard of the Russian Federation, when a group of suspects on a motorcycle chased after her and seized some bags and other belongings carried by the woman, causing her motorcycle to fall on the road.

According to the victim's family, they then received information from witnesses that the victim had been robbed and was seriously injured. They then traveled to the scene and sent the victim to Preah Kosomak Hospital for emergency treatment. At that time, the medical team scanned the woman's head and saw that the skull was broken, and the victim remained unconscious from the time of the incident until the day she died.

The source added that if the woman had been victim of a normal traffic accident, the family would have received compensation for the medical bills and funeral expenses, but since the death was caused by thieves, there will be no compensation unless they are captured, brought to justice, and made to pay.

At the same time, the media are hearing rumors and whispers that since the transfer and replacement of a senior police officer in Po Sen Chey District Inspectorate, crimes such as armed robberies are increasing. People who do not wish to be named are asking the higher authorities to inspect the crime situation in the territory of Po Sen Chey, saying that citizens are afraid and they feel unsafe because they are not protected by the police.

What a terrible thing to happen. Total scumbags. It seems that the people in charge or seem to be in charge do very little to stop this sort of stuff happening. If you go past most police stations they are generally sat around playing on their phones. Shame on these policemen and their leaders. My thoughts and condolences to the family.

Jerry Atrick wrote:Little scumbags, hope they get theirs

Of course they get theirs in the end. But not after ruining countless lives with their actions.

In my opinion, it’s the criminal gangs who have paid off the new police masters to turn a blind eye.

And let’s say the family finds the responsible gang. Any chance criminals normally pay for restitution? Or even for this poor lady’s funeral?

Hope to find them back in the next Chinese hummer crash report, hopefully beneath it

UPDATE: One out of four arrested.


Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): On January 29, 2022, police forces arrested a man suspected of causing a woman's death, when he and three others on two motorbikes attacked the woman at 9:30am on 15 January along the Russian Federation Road in front of the Phnom Penh International Airport. The four thieves attacked the lone woman on her motorbike and snatched her bag, causing the victim to lose her balance and fall head-first on to the road. She suffered from serious head injuries, and died in hospital after lying unconscious for four days.


On January 29, 2022, the police arrested a suspect named Chum Sok Panha for questioning and he confessed that he and his three accomplices, riding two Honda Dream motorcycles, snatched the bag from the victim on January 15, 2022.
The suspect identified his three accomplices as the following:
Name: A Heang, Male, 18 years old, Occupation: Student, Residence: Phum Prey Tea, Sangkat Choam Chao III, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh (Fugitive).
Second name: Ara, male, 19 years old, occupation: student, residence: Prey Tea village, Sangkat Choam Chao III, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh (escaped).
3-Name: Avit, Male, 17 years old, Occupation: Student, Residence: Phum Prey Tea, Sangkat Choam Chao III, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh (Fugitive).

The suspect named Chum Sok Panha was sent to the specialized unit to deal with the legal procedure, while waiting for the arrest of his accomplices.

UPDATE: Another arrest.


Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On February 28, 2022, another one of the four suspects sought by police has been arrested for the death of a 40-year-old woman, who was killed during a bag-snatching attack while driving along Russian Federation Blvd., Khan Po Sen Chey, on January 15, 2022.

A 19-year-old man called Pa Sovannara has been arrested, as part of a gang of youths who snatched a bag from a woman named Ok Kanika from Tropang Po village, Sangkat Choam Chao 3, Khan Po Sen Chey. The attack caused the woman to fall on to the road from her motorcycle, and she died some days later.

The thieves stole 500USD, 1 million riels, and 1 Oppo phone from the woman's bag. The suspect is being held in custody for questioning and further investigation.

They knew she had the $500.

UPDATE
The instigator of the theft, Chum Sokpanha, sentenced to 10 years for aggravated theft
October 20, 2022

Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on October 19, 2022, sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison for aggravated theft, due to the death of a woman during a bag snatching attack planned and committed by the defendent.
Snatching the woman's bag caused her to fall from her motorbike and fatally injure her head on the road along the Russian Federation Road in front of Phnom Penh International Airport in Por Sen Chey district during January 2022. The victim went into a coma and later died at the hospital.

According to the judgment of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, the suspect is Chum Sokpanha, a 14-year-old male student living in Trapeang Koul village, Khan Kampoul, Phnom Penh, where he was arrested on January 29, 2022.


As for the victim, her name is Ouk Kanika, and she was 40 years old when she died. RIP.

a 14-year-old male student

Not defending the kid at all, but was he sentenced under juvenile law or does that not exist in Cambodia?