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Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Away

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 10:59 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: At 11:40 pm on May 29, 2019, a luxury high-speed car (police plate 2-5769), driven by a high-ranking police official, crashed into two motorbikes before coming to an abrupt halt after hitting a traffic sign and then smashing into a power pole near Wat Samrong Andet in Phnom Penh Thmey district, Khan Sen Sok. Witnesses say that the driver appeared to be extremely drunk.
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The drunk driver has been identified as the Deputy Chief of Traffic Police of Phnom Penh. The official, who was obviously unharmed, left the accident scene almost immediately, and the car was towed away to the police station. The two motorbikes were wiped out in the accident, and the two drivers were seriously injured and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.
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Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 11:26 pm
by John Bingham
The drunk driver has been identified as the Deputy Chief of Traffic Police of Phnom Penh.
His great love and service to his country and its people always meant he was thinking about what he could do for them, he lived by example. :facepalm:

Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 11:56 pm
by Cruisemonkey
Wonderful... OIC (only in Cambodia). :shock:

Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 2:48 pm
by cptrelentless
Cruisemonkey wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 11:56 pm Wonderful... OIC (only in Cambodia). :shock:
Certainly happens in Thailand and Laos, too

Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 7:31 pm
by Cruisemonkey
Okay... only in S.E. Asia.
:facepalm:

Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 8:02 pm
by SternAAlbifrons
No, OIAmerica - (on this scale)

"Our research identified 782 cases in which police were arrested for DUI. The arrested officers were employed by over 500 police agencies located in jurisdictions within all 50 states and the District of Columbia... "

https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewc ... m_just_pub

Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:19 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
UPDATE
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia News: High-ranking police officer Ly Leang Chheng, was sent to Phnom Penh court for questioning on 1 June 2019.
On the night of 29 May 2019 on Street 1019, Sangkat Phnom Penh Thmei, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Ly Leang Chheng caused a serious accident through drunk driving, crashing into two motorbikes, leaving one victim dead and the other injured in hospital.

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The officer ran away from the accident scene, but later gave himself up. He has now been sent to the Phnom Penh Court of First Instance for legal action. He will be ordered to make compensation payments to the families of both accident victims.
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Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:35 pm
by leitfaden
:beer3:

Re: Deputy Chief of Traffic Police Office of Phnom Penh, Drunk Driving, Hit Motorbikes Causing Serious Injuries, Runs Aw

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:37 pm
by leitfaden
So simple.... Drive drunk, Kill, innocent people, pay with money you steel from them and others and tomorrow at 8 o'clock he's the high official road police guy with a new Lexus :beer3: