By May Titthara
Phnom Penh Post
Police admit to restraining accused robber but say it was to prevent him from killing himself.
Photo by: Photo Supplied
Police use shackles to restrain alleged thief Chheun Bory.
Police use shackles to restrain alleged thief Chheun Bory.
A LOCAL rights group has condemned the shackling of a young man suspected of robbery by Kampot provincial police, saying the boy was unfairly chained by the neck, hands and legs.
Thlang Pherin, chief of police in Kampot province, admitted Monday that Chheun Bory, 21, had been shackled by the neck, but that it had been a precautionary matter because he had seemed suicidal.
"We put handcuffs on him while we asked him to show us money that he stole from a tourist, and he tried to jump off a mountain to kill himself," he said.
"The next morning when we took him to the place again, we decided to use shackles on his neck and legs because we didn't know what he would do."
Thlang Pherin said the shackles were taken off Chheun Bory at the police station.
"If he didn't try to kill himself, we would not have used shackles. We would not care less, but we must take measures to protect him first before something happens," he said.
Try Chhuon, Adhoc's provincial coordinator, said she believed police had shackled Chheun Bory deliberately to humiliate him.
"Shackling a suspect like this causes the individual to lose their rights and honour. The police did this so that they could look down on the suspect, as they believe he is less honourable than an animal," she said.
Pao Son, the chief of Treuy Koh commune, said he "did not know" if the suspect had been shackled by the police or not. He said Chheun Bory was arrested for allegedly robbing a foreigner of around US$3,400 after helping him repair his motorbike. He later tried to burn the cash, Pao Son said.
5 comments:
The picture reminded me during Pol Pot time. It looks so cruel .
Very barbaric. If he is accused of robbing the foreigner, where is that foreigner? Why didn't he come out and identify whether the boy is the real robber? Even if he is a real robber, to shackle and chain him this way is barbaric.
And where is that cash now? did the police take it? Very suspicious!
no need to necked him!!!!!!
that's just fucking wrong ...man. i don't care if he killed a million people,he's a human being, treat him like one, give him a little dignity. don't put that fucking iron chain-leash around his neck like that, how unhumane is that. that what people do to animal, that kid is not an animal. what kind of fucking criminal punishment system does that fucking one eye motherfucker HUN SEN have in mind.
what kind of image is he showing to the world. no wonder others look down at cambodia. wake the fuck up and follow the mainstream. now a day we don't treat people like animals.
I am disgusted with this image. I don't care if he killed 1 million people or more, give him a little dignity. He's not an animal. Don't put that iron-chain leash around his neck like that, very barbaric, animalistic, and uncivilize. What kind of criminal punishment system does Cambodia have. This image is not a good representation of Cambodia. Others will judge Cambodia as the land of forever Pol Pot-minded, the proof is in this picture. The media should be a little sensitve about the confidentiality of that accused criminal.
I hope the International Human Right watchdogs pay close attention to Cambodia pertaining to the treatment of the accused criminals.
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