On the afternoon of February 9, two Chinese men and three Cambodian men allegedly conspired to beat a 35-year-old Chinese man surnamed Lin in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district, force him to place his fingerprints on specified documents and try to take him away in a car. The report described the incident as serious.
Local police responded to the report and detained five suspects at the scene. The two Chinese men were identified as Tang Peng and Peng Xiangshui, both employees of the Diamond Sky building in Chamkar Mon district. Police said all five admitted assault and unlawful confinement.
Preliminary investigation had been completed and the case referred to court, while details of the victim’s identity and the documents’ contents were still being checked. Police said they would deal seriously with violence and unlawful confinement according to law to maintain public order.
Compiled by the editorial team.