Original report from Phnom Penh
23 March 2010
Local rights groups on Tuesday urged the government to quickly establish a law against acid attacks, a brutal form of retribution that is common in the country.
The government has formed a committee to draft acid legislation that could include specific punishments for perpetrators but could also regulate the sale of acid, commonly used to refill car batteries.
Attacks with disfiguring acid are often undertaken by the jealous wives against the mistresses of their powerful husbands.
The attacks have “become an increasingly common form of violence in Cambodia in recent years,” according to the rights group Licadho.
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