This is the home of this 11 year-old girl where she had lived for 20 days, without food but just eating watercress, after escaping from beatings by her violent father.
By Khmerization
Source: Koh Santepheap
Villagers have stumbled on an 11 year-old girl living in a bush in a tarpaulin tent by herself, eating only wild leaves and morning glory/watercress after she had run away from home 20 days ago to escape repeated beatings by her violent father.
11 year-old Sok Reastr Ros, which means 'a citizen living happily', was found living in a bush behind the village in Chok Chey village, O'Bei Choan commune in O'Chrov district in Banteay Meanchey province at 4pm on 8th May living in a tarpaulin tent, eating only watercress and wild leaves.
Mr. Kham Yan, chief of O'Bei Choan Police, said he had been informed that villagers had found an 11 year-old girl living in the bush by herself and he went and brought her back to the village under heavy rain. He said went the police arrived at her tent, they only found a bunch of watercress and a packet of pounded salted chilli at her side. She told police that she had escaped from home on 12th April because she cannot endure repeated beatings from her violent father. She said she lived under the tent for 20 days, under heavy rain without food and blanket and only eat watercress for the last 20 days. She was so skinny and very weak when she was found.
The girl told police that on the day she run away, her father asked her to go to ask a neighbour for basil leaves for the cooking. After she cannot get the basil leaves she was too afraid to come back home because her father was very violent who had beaten her many times before.
Police had summoned the girl's parent, Mr.Sok Sarath and Ms. Loeun Pov, both 50 years old, to the police station. They told police that she is a very difficult girl. On the day she disappeared, her father gave her the money to buy some cigarette and she had disappeared since then. However, they said they do not want the girl back and gave her to the authority. Mr. Suong Moeung, chief of O'Bei choan commune, told Koh Santepheap that this family is very poor and some days they went without food. The couple had 9 children and Sok Reastr Ros is the 7th child. Police and commune chief said that the girl's father, Sok Sarath has been jailed for 2 years because he had attacked and injured his wife with a machete before. He had just been released from jail when his daughter ran away from home.
The girl has been since sent to a Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre (CWCC). Mr. Pin Phirum, an official from the CWCC, said the girl has been housed at CWCC centre in the Banteay Meanchey provincial town. He said the girl is very emaciated and she had scars, bruises and gangrenes/infections all over her body. He said she had suffered severe psychological trauma because even in the centre she was very timid, kept to herself all the time and is very scared of everybody.
Source: Koh Santepheap
Villagers have stumbled on an 11 year-old girl living in a bush in a tarpaulin tent by herself, eating only wild leaves and morning glory/watercress after she had run away from home 20 days ago to escape repeated beatings by her violent father.
11 year-old Sok Reastr Ros, which means 'a citizen living happily', was found living in a bush behind the village in Chok Chey village, O'Bei Choan commune in O'Chrov district in Banteay Meanchey province at 4pm on 8th May living in a tarpaulin tent, eating only watercress and wild leaves.
Mr. Kham Yan, chief of O'Bei Choan Police, said he had been informed that villagers had found an 11 year-old girl living in the bush by herself and he went and brought her back to the village under heavy rain. He said went the police arrived at her tent, they only found a bunch of watercress and a packet of pounded salted chilli at her side. She told police that she had escaped from home on 12th April because she cannot endure repeated beatings from her violent father. She said she lived under the tent for 20 days, under heavy rain without food and blanket and only eat watercress for the last 20 days. She was so skinny and very weak when she was found.
The girl told police that on the day she run away, her father asked her to go to ask a neighbour for basil leaves for the cooking. After she cannot get the basil leaves she was too afraid to come back home because her father was very violent who had beaten her many times before.
Police had summoned the girl's parent, Mr.Sok Sarath and Ms. Loeun Pov, both 50 years old, to the police station. They told police that she is a very difficult girl. On the day she disappeared, her father gave her the money to buy some cigarette and she had disappeared since then. However, they said they do not want the girl back and gave her to the authority. Mr. Suong Moeung, chief of O'Bei choan commune, told Koh Santepheap that this family is very poor and some days they went without food. The couple had 9 children and Sok Reastr Ros is the 7th child. Police and commune chief said that the girl's father, Sok Sarath has been jailed for 2 years because he had attacked and injured his wife with a machete before. He had just been released from jail when his daughter ran away from home.
The girl has been since sent to a Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre (CWCC). Mr. Pin Phirum, an official from the CWCC, said the girl has been housed at CWCC centre in the Banteay Meanchey provincial town. He said the girl is very emaciated and she had scars, bruises and gangrenes/infections all over her body. He said she had suffered severe psychological trauma because even in the centre she was very timid, kept to herself all the time and is very scared of everybody.
3 comments:
Hi What is wrong with KI media today? Is it Hun Sen block KI media around the world or something? Is They try to catch the commentators ?
Something is not look right with KI media now.
Can anyone enlighten us more???
KHmer cultures today are going low and low. This is not Kingdom of Wonder at all. Slavery! Shameful! Khmers won't be bright if they are keeping thses way of lair and proud of things that doesn't exist anymore such as kingdom of wonder. That is not suit Cambodia today at all.
One nation has been blind fold by Vietnam.
One Nation leader that has no patriot to his own nation and people. Try and fear his people as slave's viet and Thai.
I felt very sad for this girl. This is what happened in a country so poor as Cambodia. I wish the father be punished by law, but it looks like he was let off scotch free. Very sad. I wish the center can let her stay and study there until she grows up or until some generous people take her in and look after her very well or maybe western couples should adopt her and bring her to overseas.
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