The victim at the hospital.Monday, 30 May 2011
By Kim Yuthana
Phnom Penh Post
A monk at Daun Penh district’s Wat Ounalom attacked a female beggar with a stick on Friday night after the woman allegedly cursed him at the pagoda.
Monk Sao Saroeun, 50, said yesterday that the curses had been so offensive that he lost control of his temper.
“I could not control my anger, so I beat her about four or five times when she did not listen to my suggestions,” he said. “She hurt my feelings and cursed me in front of many people.”
Chhuon Savoeun, director of the Ounalom pagoda committee in charge of monk discipline, said yesterday that pagoda officials did not see the attack as a serious transgression.
“It was wrong and against the monks’ rules, but it was not serious,” Chhuon Savoeun said, comparing the assault to the corporal punishment occasionally employed by teachers and parents.
“Patience has limits, and even I sometimes cannot contain my anger,” he added.
The woman who was attacked could not be reached for comment yesterday, though local media outlet DAP News reported that the woman was beaten on her back and torso and was later taken to Calmette Hospital for treatment. Chhuon Savoeun said Wat Ounalom, located on the tourist-heavy riverfront, is often disturbed by beggars and drug addicts. Local authorities, he added, “do not seem to take action effectively” against such intrusions, forcing the pagoda to police itself.
Sok Chhorn, chief of police in Daun Penh district’s Chey Chumneah commune, confirmed that the incident had taken place but declined to comment further.
5 comments:
It is very wrong to attack like this forward the mentally ill. This monk is also mentally unstable and should be get treatment immediately. If he not mentally illness, the law should punish this monk very harshly, he suppose to be a role model for society, patient and compassion. He has no right to attack this beggar even he got insult or curse he supposes to walk away or report to proper authority. This idiot monk should resign. In the west mentally illness considers being serious and need attention and care, abuse mentally patient consider as a crime subject to jail term.
Ah monk crazy go to hell. Ah bom bong bai. Ah this monk is also beggar.
It is very wrong to attack like this torward the mentally ill. This monk is also mentally unstable and should be get treatment immediately. If he not mentally illness, the law should punish this monk very harshly, he suppose to be a role model for society, patient and compassion. He has no right to attack this beggar even he got insult or curse he supposes to walk away or report to proper authority. This idiot monk should resign. In the west mentally illness considers being serious and need attention and care, abuse mentally patient consider as a crime subject to jail term.
Ah monk crazy go to hell. Ah bom bong bai. Ah this monk is also beggar.
My dear 11:22 PM,I'm worry about your mental state too.I check my own from time to time.
Emotion is indeed difficult to master, it is electrical and vibrational in nature.
I hope I'm not offending anyone.
Khmerization is to blame for posting everything! Oop! Just kidding, I love Khmerization. Happy memorial Day to You!
True, the monk is supposed to be a man of non-violence and a man of peace. He has committed a crime by beating someone, whether it is a drunkard or mentally ill person. The monk is a man of god and a man of compassion who should never harm even an ant, let alone beating a helpless woman. He must be charged, brought to court and convict of assault.
I would not give my thrown away bread to this idiotic monk!
He is a horrible monk who also begs for food everyday.
Horrible monk that deserves prosecution!
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