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“He had tried to warn his wife not to drink with neighbors but she never listened.”

- A police officer who fired his rifle into the air five times in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district over a family argument turned himself in yesterday after being on the loose for one night...

“Mr. Piseth confessed that similar disputes had happened several times before. “He had tried to warn his wife not to drink with neighbors but she never listened.”

CCTV footage showed that after getting angry with his wife, Mr. Piseth took an AK-47 rifle and fired into the air.
He then got into his Toyota Highlander vehicle and fired more rounds into the air before he drove off from his home in Niroath commune. Mr. Saravuth said Mr. Piseth is now in Chbar Ampov district police custody for questioning before further action is taken.



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A slightly different version of events here.
The husband had already got totally drunk and boring, drinking with his mates all afternoon. So when he came home and wanted to keep drinking with his wife, she refused, preferring to go out with friends.

Feeling outraged and neglected, the husband fired his AK-47 assault rifle in the air in an attempt to persuade his wife to stay home and drink beer with him. For some reason his scheme back-fired.


Interior Ministry Official in Domestic Shooting Case Avoids Court
23 March 2017

Under questioning by police, Mr. Pisith said he had lost his temper after his wife refused to drink beer with him, but later went to drink with her friends. He could not remember how many times he fired his gun, but five bullet casings were found at the scene.

Mao Chandara, director-general of the Interior Ministry’s identification department, said he was too busy to comment, referring questions to a spokesman who could not be reached. On Sunday, General Chandara said Mr. Pisith was “a normal human being,” adding “maybe the alcohol made him stupid.”

Am Sam Ath, monitoring manager at rights group Licadho, criticized the decision to punish the officer with disciplinary procedures rather than letting the courts prosecute him.
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