Preah Vihear Police Deny Killing Man
By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original re****t from Phnom Penh
18 April 2008
Preah Vihear authorities have not detained anyone in the shooting
death of one man over New Year, a police chief said Friday.
Preah Vihear Police Chief Mao Pov said none of his officers were
responsible for the death of Din Bros, 20, who was shot while riding a
motorcycle in Tbeng Meanchey district April 11.
Din Bros was a member of a group of gangsters, Mao Pov added.
Investigators for the rights group Adhoc have said they suspect one of
three policemen in the district shot Din Bros.
Mao Pov declined to say whether anyone had been jailed over the
murder.
=93The police did not go anywhere,=94 he said. =93The operations of the
police are to safeguard and provide security during Khmer New Year. We
did not affect the life of any people.=94
He declined further comment.
Adhoc provincial coordinator Hor Neath maintained his claim Friday,
that Tbeng Meanchey district police shot Din Bros.
=93This is only the denial [of the police]. We have a confidential
source=94 in the case, he said.
Adhoc will send an intervention letter to the court next week calling
for an investigation, he said.
Y Hean, a neighbor of Din Bros, said the driver of the motorcycle
claimed police did the shooting.
Neither the driver nor members of Din Bros=92 family could be reached
for comment.
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