Blood on Cambodian dance floor as police beat up "serial kisser"

Oct 15, 2010
DPA

Cambodia's police have a reputation for corrupt and sometimes brutal behaviour, and are seldom held accountable for their actions

Phnom Penh - A 21-year-old man said police arrested him at a public dance and beat him up after telling him he was kissing too many young women, local media reported Friday.

Mey Ravy told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper that seven police pounced on him at the dance a week ago in Kampong Cham province east of the capital.

'I asked them why, but no-one responded, and I was handcuffed and thrown,' he told the newspaper. 'When I fell on the ground, one of them used his feet to press on my neck, and they rubbed a lit cigarette into my back.'

He said police then took him to the police station.

Mey Ravy denied the allegation that he was 'kissing and looking at many girls.'
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