Cambodian son slays =93sorcerer=94 father
24th April 2008, 10:15 WST
A Cambodian man has been charged with murdering his own father after
becoming embarrassed by village gossip that the man was a sorcerer,
police said today.
Police chief in the central province of Kampong Chhnang, Chim
Bunthueon, said Tong Syleina, 20, attacked his father, Khat Tongly,
and hacked him to death with a machete.
=93He admitted that he did the murder because he felt ashamed and
embarrassed about village gossip that his father was a sorcerer,=94 said
Buntheon.
=93The villagers insulted his family with this talk and called him son
of sorcerer and witch boy,=94 Bunthueon said.
Executions of accused sorcerers remain common in rural Cambodia, where
people are often deeply superstitious and many lack even basic
education.
If convicted, Syleina faces up to 20 years in prison.
PHNOM PENH
DPA
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