Oknha Kith Meng.23 April 2009
By Sun Ly
Khmer Nation News
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy for Ki-Media
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A source revealed that on the eve of the Khmer New Year, a shooting took place between two powerful oknhas (rich tycoons) who are also siblings. The shooting led to one person dead and created a stir. Police officers who went to intervene in the incident, when they heard the names of the two okhnas, they all became scared.
The same source added that on the eve of the Khmer New year, Kith Meng (owner of CTN TV and ANZ Royal Bank) went to the Rock Karaoke center for entertainment, but there, he had a dispute with Kith Thieng, his older brother and the owner of the rock center, in a VIP room. Following the intense dispute, the shooting took place.
An unofficial source indicated that the shooting between the two brothers could involve property dispute between the pair. The same source added that the shooting between the rival siblings led to the death of one of Kith Meng’s bodyguards and significant damage in the VIP karaoke room.
The two brothers could not be reached over the phone to provide clarifications on this shooting case.
Past shootings that occur in Phnom Penh involving rich people, or offspring of powerful government officials, or bodyguards of powerful government officials led to a great stir and fear among the city dwellers. For example, in the case involving the bodyguard of Kep Chuktema, the city governor, and the bodyguard of Chhoeun Chanthan, Chea Sim’s bodyguard chief, in the city center on 18 March 2009, Kep Chuktema’s bodyguard was injured and Chhoeun Chanthan’s bodyguard died in a pool of blood. Up until now, the cops have not even found the shooting bodyguard to send to jail yet because they are afraid of touching their superiors. This case clearly shows the impotence of the Phnom Penh police force led by police commissioner Touch Naroth.
However, when poor children played with plastic toy guns or when they are involved in shootings in public places, the cops always bring them in to sentence them. In these latter cases, the cops would then write reports to their bosses to make themselves look good. However, when it comes to sons of rich tycoons or government officials, or powerful tycoons shooting each other in anarchy in public places, the cops are never seen arresting the culprits and take them to jail, nor sentence them according the law, even when the cops know full well the identity of these perpetrators. This shows that the cops apply the law on sons of the poor people who are not related to the powerful government officials, but when it boils down to the offspring of powerful officials, the cops hesitate to touch them.
The same source added that on the eve of the Khmer New year, Kith Meng (owner of CTN TV and ANZ Royal Bank) went to the Rock Karaoke center for entertainment, but there, he had a dispute with Kith Thieng, his older brother and the owner of the rock center, in a VIP room. Following the intense dispute, the shooting took place.
An unofficial source indicated that the shooting between the two brothers could involve property dispute between the pair. The same source added that the shooting between the rival siblings led to the death of one of Kith Meng’s bodyguards and significant damage in the VIP karaoke room.
The two brothers could not be reached over the phone to provide clarifications on this shooting case.
Past shootings that occur in Phnom Penh involving rich people, or offspring of powerful government officials, or bodyguards of powerful government officials led to a great stir and fear among the city dwellers. For example, in the case involving the bodyguard of Kep Chuktema, the city governor, and the bodyguard of Chhoeun Chanthan, Chea Sim’s bodyguard chief, in the city center on 18 March 2009, Kep Chuktema’s bodyguard was injured and Chhoeun Chanthan’s bodyguard died in a pool of blood. Up until now, the cops have not even found the shooting bodyguard to send to jail yet because they are afraid of touching their superiors. This case clearly shows the impotence of the Phnom Penh police force led by police commissioner Touch Naroth.
However, when poor children played with plastic toy guns or when they are involved in shootings in public places, the cops always bring them in to sentence them. In these latter cases, the cops would then write reports to their bosses to make themselves look good. However, when it comes to sons of rich tycoons or government officials, or powerful tycoons shooting each other in anarchy in public places, the cops are never seen arresting the culprits and take them to jail, nor sentence them according the law, even when the cops know full well the identity of these perpetrators. This shows that the cops apply the law on sons of the poor people who are not related to the powerful government officials, but when it boils down to the offspring of powerful officials, the cops hesitate to touch them.
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