Bangladeshi Man Held Prisoner for 4 Days Over 5K Debt

[CEOCambodiaNews]

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On December 24, 2020, at 12 am, at Megalo restaurant in Sangkat Chrang Chomras, Khan Rousey Keo, Phnom Penh, two Bangladeshi men argued with each other over a US$5,000 unpaid loan, so one of the Bangladeshi man locked his compatriot up for 4 days in an attempt to get the debt repaid.

A woman, who is a restaurant owner, said that a Bangladeshi man who is a regular customer at her restaurant, called her on the phone asking for help, saying that he was locked up for 4 days, in a house on a national road 5, in front of Megalo restaurant. Then the woman took her motorbike to the scene and saw that the house was locked up, so she called the police for help.

The police and the local people then checked the house. When the police took the victim out of the house, the victim screamed for help, and nobody knew what happened to him. The man who locked up the victim said that he locked up the man because he owes him US$5000, and he was scared that the victim would run off without paying him.
The police went to the scene and claimed that it was a kidnapping. Then, finally, they detained the two men to get them to come to an agreement about the debt before releasing them both to go home.