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"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." "He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye." "Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." - Quotes from the Buddha |
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Cambodian Civilian Justice
VILLAGERS CALL COPS ON FISHY MONKS
Everyone knows monks don’t sleep in guesthouses – that was the maxim employed by villagers in Kampong Cham town Tuesday, who called the cops after becoming suspicious of three supposed monks who were bedding down in a local guesthouse. Police officers dutifully approached the alleged monks and demanded identification cards. When they could not produce any written evidence that they were, in fact, monks, the officers brought them to the local police station and then the provincial courthouse for further questioning. Guesthouses are not good places for monks to stay, they said.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY
BYSTANDERS BEAT ACCUSED ROBBER
An 18-year-old man accused of robbery was beaten to within an inch of his life Monday in what police say is another instance of vigilante justice enacted by outraged locals. Tuol Kork district police say the man snatched a necklace from a 20-year-old woman while she was returning from a product exhibition near a market in Phnom Penh. The woman shouted for help, which is when bystanders stepped in and beat the man. Police intervened; otherwise, they said, the citizens would have beaten the man to death. The man has been sent to Phnom Penh Municipal Court to be sentenced – presumably after he receives a thorough trial.
