Two Japanese Nationals Arrested for Murdering Taxi Driver in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:55 am
CAMBODIA NEWS (Siem Reap): On the evening of March 17, 2019, at 5pm, a Poipet taxi driver was stabbed (throat slit) to death by two Japanese men, identified as Reimon Ishida and Ryuji Nakakuki, on National Road 6 in Siem Reap province.
The two Japanese citizens, identified as Reimon Ishida (石田礼門) from Chiba, Japan and Ryuji Nakakuki (中久喜龍二) from Fukushima, Japan, both aged 23, are reported to have slit the throat of the driver before throwing him out on to the road and driving off with the car.
The Japanese men had hired the taxi, driven by 40-year-old Cambodian man, Hoem Chan, in Poipet. When the car was near to Kok Dang village, Siem Reap province, they brutally stabbed the driver in order to steal his car. However, the Japanese killers didn't know how to drive, and they crashed the car into a rice truck 300 meters further down the road. They attempted to run away but they were quickly apprehended by local people at the scene.
Police are still investigating this murder, and there are reports that there was a third person involved who ran off before the other two were arrested. It is also not clear if Mr Ishida or Mr Nakakuki were in Cambodia as tourists or living here, as they had just entered the country from Thailand very recently. According to local news media, both men have admitted to murdering to taxi driver and it's suspected by many that drugs may have been involved in this horrific crime.
They are likely being detained in the Siem Reap police station for more questioning into the murder and awaiting a court appearance before charges are filed.
Images of the killers' Cambodian victim, Hoem Chan, a 40-year-old father of four children:
The two Japanese citizens, identified as Reimon Ishida (石田礼門) from Chiba, Japan and Ryuji Nakakuki (中久喜龍二) from Fukushima, Japan, both aged 23, are reported to have slit the throat of the driver before throwing him out on to the road and driving off with the car.
The Japanese men had hired the taxi, driven by 40-year-old Cambodian man, Hoem Chan, in Poipet. When the car was near to Kok Dang village, Siem Reap province, they brutally stabbed the driver in order to steal his car. However, the Japanese killers didn't know how to drive, and they crashed the car into a rice truck 300 meters further down the road. They attempted to run away but they were quickly apprehended by local people at the scene.
Police are still investigating this murder, and there are reports that there was a third person involved who ran off before the other two were arrested. It is also not clear if Mr Ishida or Mr Nakakuki were in Cambodia as tourists or living here, as they had just entered the country from Thailand very recently. According to local news media, both men have admitted to murdering to taxi driver and it's suspected by many that drugs may have been involved in this horrific crime.
They are likely being detained in the Siem Reap police station for more questioning into the murder and awaiting a court appearance before charges are filed.
Images of the killers' Cambodian victim, Hoem Chan, a 40-year-old father of four children:
