Even the one with the army t shirt? So no mp's then.Lucky Lucan wrote:Those are all National Police in the videos.Abou-Gor wrote:
Does it seem like there are too many military police around for something that has only just occurred?
'Political Analyst' Dr Kem Ley Shot Dead in Star Mart
- Lucky Lucan
- K440 Knight Captain
- Reactions: 761
- Posts: 22525
- Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:24 pm
- Location: The Pearl of the Orient
All the officers in green uniforms are police. There's one guy wearing a black jacket with "ARMY" on the back but he also has a "POLICE" helmet so who knows with that guy. When I went by the service station that afternoon they were all Police units around the building, didn't see any Gendarmerie.Abou-Gor wrote:Even the one with the army t shirt? So no mp's then.Lucky Lucan wrote:Those are all National Police in the videos.Abou-Gor wrote:
Does it seem like there are too many military police around for something that has only just occurred?
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Radio Free Asia Article 'New Evidence Shows Man Driving Police Motorbike Intertwined with Killer of Dr. Kem Ley'
Saying (and showing with a screenshot) that Choup Somlap gets on and then off of the police motorbike (at 20 second mark)
Saying (and showing with a screenshot) that Choup Somlap gets on and then off of the police motorbike (at 20 second mark)
The overweight guy in the white shirt who is standing next to a tuk-tuk at 21 seconds
and then runs behind the Prius is either running because he's seen the pistol in Choup Somlap's hand, or he's hiding behind the car to exchange or give something to Choup Somlap.
If he's the same guy (and I think it is) that continues chasing Choup Somlap, then picks up the dropped gun, is later seen with two guns, and then gets on the Scoopy...?
and then runs behind the Prius is either running because he's seen the pistol in Choup Somlap's hand, or he's hiding behind the car to exchange or give something to Choup Somlap.
If he's the same guy (and I think it is) that continues chasing Choup Somlap, then picks up the dropped gun, is later seen with two guns, and then gets on the Scoopy...?
Police motorbike also looks in both videos to have a blank or covered number plate.
- Hot_Pink_Urinal_Mint
- I need professional help
- Reactions: 74
- Posts: 1044
- Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:19 pm
- Location: Right behind you
What about the staff working in Star Mart at the time? I haven't seen/read anything about them. Maybe I've missed it or have they gone dark.
I know everyone is waiting for the camera footage from Star Mart, but it's only going to show us the gunman shooting Kem Ley twice. It's pretty certain that Oueth Ang/Choup Somlap is the killer.
What will be more interesting is the footage from the gas station forecourt.
Some Star Mart employees have spoken to the press anonymously:
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodi ... 73437.html
"Some employees from the Star Mart where the killing occurred also talked to RFA but refused to give their names for fear of reprisal.
One staff member said that just before the shooting occurred, a police car had pulled into a parking spot next to Kem Ley’s vehicle, but then disappeared immediately after he had been shot.
Another told RFA that the video camera that captured the assailant killing Kem Ley had produced clear high-quality images. Yet another employee said the convenience store did not experience an electrical blackout that day, despite statements by authorities to the contrary."
What will be more interesting is the footage from the gas station forecourt.
Some Star Mart employees have spoken to the press anonymously:
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodi ... 73437.html
"Some employees from the Star Mart where the killing occurred also talked to RFA but refused to give their names for fear of reprisal.
One staff member said that just before the shooting occurred, a police car had pulled into a parking spot next to Kem Ley’s vehicle, but then disappeared immediately after he had been shot.
Another told RFA that the video camera that captured the assailant killing Kem Ley had produced clear high-quality images. Yet another employee said the convenience store did not experience an electrical blackout that day, despite statements by authorities to the contrary."
-
- Wun Gwo Pee
- Reactions: 0
- Posts: 2484
- Joined: Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:07 am
Is it just me, or is that a bit telling?The suspect has been identified as Oeuth Ang, a 43-year-old former monk and soldier from Siem Reap province, but the Phnom Penh Municipal Court insisted on charging him under his chilling nom de guerre, Chuop Samlap.
- Felgerkarb
- Sir Felgerkarb, Kt Pb
- Reactions: 240
- Posts: 9140
- Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:22 am
- Location: Castle Felgerkarb, Felgerkarbia (Formerly Preah Vihear)
- Contact:
Hmmmm....something tricky here. Isn't Cambodian law pretty clear that a perp cannot be held beyond a certain time period or even charged with a crime if their true identity is not known?
====================
Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
-
- Damn, I just saw my Internet Bill !
- Reactions: 3
- Posts: 4337
- Joined: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:29 pm
A military officer made a bizarre comment about Kem Ley when discussing his opposition to the CNRP's calls to erect a statue of Kem Ley in Freedom Park.
Srey Doek, the division commander of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ 3rd Division, stationed in Preah Vihear province, said
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sold ... ue-117117/
Srey Doek, the division commander of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ 3rd Division, stationed in Preah Vihear province, said
As Kem Ley was 4 years old when the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh, and 8 years old when the regime of three years, eight months and 20 days ended, I shouldn't think it matters too much.“We are absolutely against it,” he said. “During the regime of three years, eight months and 20 days, where was he?”
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sold ... ue-117117/
Soldiers Rally Against Plans For Kem Ley Statue
by Khy Sovuthy | August 25, 2016
Soldiers and military commanders stationed along the Thai border have joined a veterans’ association to urge the government not to approve a public statue of slain political analyst Kem Ley in Phnom Penh, and vowed to remove it if erected.
CNRP lawmaker Ou Chanrath last week asked the Phnom Penh municipal government for permission to place a statue of the popular and outspoken commentator, who was gunned down inside a Phnom Penh convenience store on July 10, at the city’s Freedom Park. Though the man arrested for the shooting claims he killed Kem Ley over an unpaid debt, many are convinced it was a political assassination.
City Hall has yet to make a decision, but resistance to the proposal has been building among the country’s soldiers and veterans.
“We are absolutely against putting a statue of Mr. Kem Ley at Freedom Park because Kem Ley is not a hero and he is not military or police,” Brigadier General Chan Sokhon, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ 3rd Division, stationed in Preah Vihear province, said on Wednesday.
“If they bring the statue of Mr. Kem Ley to Freedom Park, we will go and remove it,” he said.
Srey Doek, the division commander, claimed that the entire 3rd Division was opposed to the statue and questioned where Kem Ley was during the bloody reign of the Khmer Rouge.
“We are absolutely against it,” he said. “During the regime of three years, eight months and 20 days, where was he?”
The public pushback started online with a post on Saturday to the Facebook page of the Cambodian Veterans Association, which claims more than 200,000 members.
“We have neveR demanded the construction of a statue for our soldiers,” it said, recalling the military’s role in reviving the country after the Khmer Rouge fell. “What has Kem Ley sacrificed or achieved equal to us?”
A post on the page on Wednesday went further, attacking the political commentator as a disloyal rabble rouser.
“Mr. Kem Ley was a person who had foreign tendencies to cause chaos in Cambodia and he did nothing for the national interest,” it said. “If they want to construct a statue of Mr. Kem Ley, they can put it at CNRP headquarters.”
Kem Ley was a frequent, and sometimes harsh, critic of the government with a considerable public following. But he was also respected by many for being more analytical and even-handed than many of the ruling party’s detractors. He was the driving force behind the creation of a new political party last year aimed at challenging what he considered the elitist tendencies of both the CPP and the CNRP.
Kem Ley’s widow, Bou Rachana, said on Wednesday that those opposing the statue were wrong to label her late husband a self-serving partisan.
“The people who talk like this, they do not understand society,” she said. “He did not act for himself; he acted for our people and our country. My husband did not support any party.”
The CNRP’s Mr. Chanrath said he had yet to hear back from City Hall since submitting the request on August 17. But he isn’t waiting for approval to get started.
The lawmaker has already commissioned a sculptor in Kompong Speu province who has fashioned a lifesize model from clay that will be used to make the mould for casting the statue in bronze. Photos of the clay model making the rounds on Facebook show Kem Ley standing at ease in a short-sleeve shirt and tie with a pen in his shirt pocket—his business-casual attire of choice—and a slight smile across his face.
Mr. Chanrath said he and his friends put up the $5,000 for the materials—the sculptor is donating his labor at no cost—and that it should be finished in a few weeks, with or without a public place to put it.
He stood by his request to have it placed at Freedom Park, which he called Democracy Square.
“He was just a very, very prominent commentator who helped many people understand what was happening in our society, our politics, and many other things… and many people respected him as a hero,” he said. “He talked the truth about our society, and that’s why I chose Democracy Square for the statue.”
He remained optimistic that City Hall would ultimately consent and was not yet prepared to start considering other locations.
“I don’t see any reason why City Hall would not approve it,” he said.
Spokesmen for City Hall declined to comment.
- Hot_Pink_Urinal_Mint
- I need professional help
- Reactions: 74
- Posts: 1044
- Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:19 pm
- Location: Right behind you
Yeah, bizarre.
I guess a military coup can be ruled out.
I guess a military coup can be ruled out.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
-
70-year-old British Ex-pat Shot Dead in Pattaya
by Bong Burgundy » Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:44 pm » in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums - 7 Replies
- 834 Views
-
Last post by telescopic
Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:42 pm
-
-
-
E-Mart to open 1st S.Korean convenience store in Cambodia
by Bong Burgundy » Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:55 am » in Cambodia News - 0 Replies
- 6580 Views
-
Last post by Bong Burgundy
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:55 am
-
-
-
Barang thief posters at Smile Mini Mart
by MONEYBACKGUARANTEE » Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:11 am » in Cambodia Speakeasy - 17 Replies
- 7653 Views
-
Last post by Soriya
Sun Sep 03, 2023 1:34 pm
-
-
-
Political Cartoons
by Prahok » Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:20 am » in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums - 0 Replies
- 1005 Views
-
Last post by Prahok
Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:20 am
-
-
- 179 Replies
- 24495 Views
-
Last post by Scranter
Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:00 pm