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GSM Security Guards Beat Up A Foreigner and His Girlfriend

Phnom Penh, a group of security guards at Golden Sorya Mall, a really disorder market, full of drug addicts, had beaten up a Cambodian woman and her foreign boyfriend resulting in head and face injuries. They later had fled the scene. The accident happened around 2:20 am on 15 October 2016 at GSM located in street 51, Phsar Thmey III commune, Daun Penh district, Phnom Penh.

Witnesses said, a foreigner man brought his girlfriend to drink at GSM, It seemed like the foreigner man was already tipsy while he arrived at the GSM. At one point, he was shouting which drawing the security guards to come and they ended up having argument. His Cambodian girlfriend tried to stop them, which later the security guards punched and slapped her in the fact. She was injured and they all fled the scene.

Police had reached the scene after the incident happened and brought the woman to the hospital and filed a complaint.

http://kampucheathmey.com/2016/archives/410653

"The accident happened around 2:20 am on 15 October 2016 "

I don't know what happened nor do I know who was at fault, but an assault is NOT an "accident."

kiwiincambodia wrote:

I use the midnight hour bell as my beacon.

Luigi wrote:

kiwiincambodia wrote:

I use the midnight hour bell as my beacon.

If I go out I normally don't get home before 4 am so I should listen to my own advice.

You don't get drunk and aggressive with GSM security and expect them to respond in a polite and civil manner.

I feel the same way about the frat boys who get their asses kicked in Thailand.

Can we get some photos of the foreigner? My Internet connection is crap.

Cam Nivag wrote:Can we get some photos of the foreigner? My Internet connection is crap.

None out there on the web.
He's not been identified and isn't in any photos. There is a short, poor quality video here http://khmeread.com/posts/14617I and there is no foreigner in shot. I bet he slipped away as soon as she was assaulted.

I found kampucheathmey.com description of Golden Suriya most interesting.

Cam Nivag wrote:Can we get some photos of the foreigner? My Internet connection is crap.

Which one ?

Perhaps this one ?

^ CEOCambodiaNews is right. He's the guy. His names not been given, but there is a clear photo of him on the front page of today's Nokor Thom Daily:


He's the Khmer women's husband according to Nokor Thom, and they are both regulars at GSM.
According to the wife he got drunk and went off around the plaza randomly and drunkenly chatting to customers in other bars which offended other drinkers. She followed behind apologising to the people her husband offended on her husband's behalf, some people weren't happy with the apologies and called the security. They stated hitting her husband, she steps in (again to sort things out) but the security start hitting her.

According to the security the husband and wife go to GSM every night. They describe the husband as a proprietorial, jealous man who regularly confronts anyone who looks at him or his wife. On the night of the incident her husband was going around as usual looking for trouble and was castigating a group of young men who were drinking at a table.
Wife comes up to stop her husband but the youths instead attack her. The security guards had nothing to do with it.

The newspaper seem to be leaning towards believing the security's version of events.