Rampaging traffic policeman on the run after firing shots at accident scene

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Ronny wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:04 pm Geez, does this happen a lot there in Cambodia? I don't want to get my head blown off just because I get into a fender bender.
"Ricochets" are common here.
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StroppyChops wrote:
Ronny wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:04 pm Geez, does this happen a lot there in Cambodia? I don't want to get my head blown off just because I get into a fender bender.
"Ricochets" are common here.
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rick_o'shea wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:51 pm
StroppyChops wrote:
Ronny wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:04 pm Geez, does this happen a lot there in Cambodia? I don't want to get my head blown off just because I get into a fender bender.
"Ricochets" are common here.
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Mech Dara and Jovina Chua,
The Phnom Penh Post, Thu, 15 June 2017

Lim Chamnan, Son of Interior Ministry Secretary of State Pol Lim, has been demoted in rank and removed from his position as the deputy Chief of Kandal's Provincial Traffic Department for firing a gun on the street while fleeing an accident on Saturday, National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith announced in a video posted on the National Police website on Tuesday.

"At the request of the National Police Chief and Sar Kheng, the minister of interior, we have decided to punish Lim Chamnan in three ways," he said.

In addition to receiving a warning letter, Chamnan has been "demoted one rank from lieutenant colonel to a major and removed from his position as the deputy head of the traffic bureau to become a regular police officer".

Chantharith also explained the decision behind not criminally charging Chamnan.

"We have checked the law and it does not state that shooting one time into the sky must be punished by a jail sentence. Therefore, when it is not stated in the law, we need to comply with the. . . discipline of the National Police, "he said, referring to an article from the National Police Regulations.
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Just hijinks. The good news is that most of the events where the people brandish guns they miss what they are shooting at, anyhow. That's why they use grenades if they really want you dead.
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