2025.1.31 Two foreigners arrested after they kidnapped multiple woman in suitcases for extortion
The Criminal Police Department has arrested two foreigners in connection with the abduction of multiple women, who were lured to hotels in Phnom Penh and then secreted into suitcases for extortion purposes.
The report of the Criminal Police Department stated that on January 13, 2025, at the Nou Di Si Hotel, Sangkat Teung Thla, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, there was a case of abducting a woman – named as HO THI LUONG, a 37-year-old Vietnamese woman – into a suitcase to extort money, by a group of unidentified Chinese people.
After the above incident, following the orders of General Sar Thet, Commissioner-General of the National Police, and Lieutenant General Ngeng Chu, Director of the Criminal Police Department, on January 26, 2025 at 5:30 p.m., Brigadier General Hun Monyroth, Colonel Hem Bona, and Colonel Chan Kimly, Deputy Director of the Department, led the Criminal Police Department’s expert team, led cooperation with the Dangkor and Boeung Keng Kang District Police Inspectorates and rescued one victim, ZHAO KANG LI, a 40-year-old Chinese woman.
The special forces arrested two suspects: JIAO YOUKE, 27 years old, a Chinese national, and ZHENG NAIWEN, 37 years old, a Chinese national, at Borey Pipu Thmei, Kou Sov 3, Sangkat Roluos, Khan Dangkor, Phnom Penh.
The above suspects confessed that there were three of them who participated in the act of kidnapping Chinese and Vietnamese women and putting them in suitcases to extort money in six separate cases.
The suspects are currently being investigated by the Criminal Police Department and sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for prosecution.
At the same time, the Criminal Police Department would like to remind and call on all guesthouses and hotels to immediately report to the authorities when they see people carrying large suitcases in an unusual manner.
A convicted murderer, who escaped justice for 2 years, have been captured to serve his life sentence in jail.
Kunthea Witthuan, male, 25 years old, was wanted by authorities for a murder committed at 4:00 am on December 7, 2022, at a park at the mouth of Stung Sangke, in Prek Moha Thep Village, Svay Por Sangkat, Battambang City, Battambang Province.
A group of suspects drove a car to the above point and then took a pistol and shot a group of young people who were sitting and playing, causing serious injuries to 3 people.
The suspects fled in a car.
In the incident, 1 of the 3 victims died while being taken to the hospital.
Since the incident, the authorities have been conducting an investigation and arresting the suspects and then sending them to court to enforce the legal punishment.
Kunthea, a resident of Prey Kup Village, Orussey Sangkat, Poipet City, Banteay Meanchey Province, was sentenced to life imprisonment for premeditated murder.
On January 21, 2025, at 2:47 p.m. at the point of Friendship Village, Poipet Sangkat, Poipet City, Banteay Meanchey Province, a team led by Lieutenant Colonel Prom Piseth, Inspector, carried out an operation to execute the arrest warrant of the trial judge of the Battambang Provincial Court, and arrested the man.
He is now being processed by the specialized office.
2025.1.19 South Korean Lee Tai Sik (C) was arrested for the alleged killing of a young Cambodian Woman in Boeng Keng Kang district, Phnom Penh, on Saturday. Police
2025.1.19 ស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណនារីខ្មែររងគ្រោះដែលគេសម្លាប់ហើយ នាងមានឈ្មោះ ឃឹម ពេជ្រដាលីស អាយុ២៤ឆ្នាំ ។
នាងត្រូវជនសង្ស័យជាឃាតកជនជាតិកូរ៉េខាងត្បូងឈ្មោះ Lee Tai Sik អាយុ៤៣ឆ្នាំ នាំមកជួលបន្ទប់ជាន់ទី២នៃសណ្ឋាគារ HOME CHIC ស្ថិតនៅផ្លូវ២៨២ សង្កាត់បឹងកេងកង១ ខណ្ឌបឹងកេងកង កាលពីម៉ោង៣ទៀបភ្លឺថ្ងៃទី១៧ មករា ។
បើតាមការធ្វើកោសល្យវិច្ច័យរបស់សមត្ថកិច្ច នាងត្រូវជន សង្ស័យរំលោភ២ដង មុនពេលជនសង្ស័យយកខ្នើយខ្ទប់មុខរហូតដាច់ខ្យល់ស្លាប់ រួចយកញាត់ចូលក្រោមគ្រែប្រអប់ ហើយជនដៃដល់បានចាកចេញនៅម៉ោង១១ថ្ងៃត្រង់ថ្ងៃទី១៧ មករាដដែល ។
សពជនរងគ្រោះត្រូវអ្នកបម្រើសណ្ឋាគារឃើញនិងរាយការណ៍ទៅសមត្ថកិច្ច ។
ជនសង្ស័យ ត្រូវសមត្ថកិច្ចចាប់ខ្លួននៅព្រលប់ថ្ងៃនេះ នៅសង្កាត់ព្រែកហូរ ក្រុងតាខ្មៅ ។
បច្ចុប្បន្ន សមត្ថកិច្ចកំពុងកសាងសំណុំរឿងបញ្ជូនទៅតុលាការ ៕
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S Korean arrested for killing woman
A South Korean man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing his young Cambodian girlfriend by suffocation at a hotel in Phnom Penh.
The murder took place at about 10:30 am on January 17, 2025 at the Home Chic Hotel located on Street 282 in Boeng Keng Kang (BKK) 1 commune, Boeng Keng Kang district, Phnom Penh.
Lieutenant Colonel Meng Piseth, a Deputy Chief of the BKK district police, identified the suspect as Lee Tai Sik, a 43-year-old South Korean businessman living in Prek Ho commune, Takhmao city, Kandal province, while the victim is Khim Pichdalis, 24, an online product vendor living in Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district.
Lt Col Piseth said that according to the police investigation, CCTV footage revealed that about 3 am on January 17, 2025, the suspect and victim checked in to a room on the second floor of the hotel. At about 11 am, the suspect left the room alone and walked out of the hotel.
At about 11:30 am, a hotel cleaner entered the room to prepare it for incoming guests.
“However, when she looked under the bed, she discovered the victim’s body under the bed,” Lt Col Piseth said.
“The cleaner ran downstairs to alert hotel management and the manager reported the incident to the authorities,” he said.
He noted that police officers examining the crime scene discovered that the victim had been suffocated by the suspect using a pillow. Police also found two used condoms in the room.
He said that based on the hotel’s CCTV, the suspect was later arrested by the Phnom Penh Municipal Police cooperating with police from the Penal Department at the Ministry of Interior in Prek Ho commune, Kandal province’s Takhmao city, on the evening of Saturday.
He added that after the arrest, the suspect was later transferred to the Boeng Keng Kang district Police for questioning and further investigation.
“The suspect is accused of murder and is now being detained for questioning at the district police station,” he said, adding, “He will be sent to the court for legal action this morning.”
He said that the victim’s body has now been handed over to her family in Prek Pnov district for the funeral.
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The current anti-gang crackdown is continuing with a large number of arrests of anti-social elements taking place yesterday.
In Phnom Penh, Chbar Ampov District Police Inspectorate conducted an investigation and arrested one of the perpetrators and an accomplice on January 14, 2025, in connection with a case of vandalizing another person’s motorcycle and attacking people with knives, causing fear.
On January 13, 2025 at 21:20, a red Honda Scoopy motorcycle was hit by a car, causing damage to the windshield and the motorcycle’s dashboard, but no injuries to the victim, the motorcycle driver.
The incident occurred in front of Chbar Ampov Market, along Road 369, in Kandal Village, Chbar Ampov Sangkat 2, Chbar Ampov District.
The assailant’s name is Pav Sina, while his accomplice is Lon William.
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Former tycoon Heng Sithy has been arrested at the Russian border and will be flown back to Cambodia to continue legal proceedings, according to a senior Cambodian National Police official.
The news came through late last night.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation recently sent a letter to all Cambodian embassies abroad informing them of the cancellation of the passport of former tycoon Heng Sithy, while Cambodian authorities have collaborated with Interpol to place the former tycoon on a the Red Notice for arrest.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court Investigating Judge Yi Sokvouch issued an arrest warrant for former tycoon Heng Sithy on December 3, 2024, after charging him with aggravated threats to defame under Articles 372 and 374 of the Criminal Code.
Former Tycoon Heng had previously filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), accusing three senior government officials of corruption.
However, the Interior Ministry rejected the allegations and urged him to stop spreading unfounded statements.
Sithy , who is based overseas, accused Sokha of engaging in corruption and Gen Thet of accepting a $5-million bribe from a major online crime leader named Phoo Gik Seng, also known as Tak, in exchange for ensuring that the location of premises involved in illegal online activities, such as human trafficking and forced labour, were not searched or investigated.
The accusations also extended to accepting bribes and protection fees from various illegal operations, including drug-related crimes, gambling establishments and sex trade businesses.
Meanwhile, the ex-tycoon accused Sok Phal of producing and distributing fake visa extensions that do not align with official Ministry of Finance records, and allegedly set up unauthorised locations to issue these fake visa extensions, collecting millions of dollars monthly for personal gain.
The Interior Ministry previously rejected all of Sithy’s allegations and urged him to stop spreading unfounded claims.
The Ministry stated that, from a legal standpoint, Sithy’s actions do not constitute freedom of expression but are clear cases of incitement to commit a crime and incitement to discrimination, as defined in the Criminal Code of Cambodia.
ACU Spokesman Soy Chan Vichet added on the 8th of January, “I have no comment on this matter, as it is merely an allegation made by an individual on his personal (social media) account,” he said.
The Ministry of Justice also rejected recently another complaint submitted on social media by Sithy against government officials who the ex-tycoon claimed conspired to fabricate false accusations and distort the truth.
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