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A few days ago, Cambodian police raided what they determined to be an illegal online betting shop for cockfighting<\/a>. During the event, an innocent village leader was killed in the event after ducking into the shop just to get out of the rain.<\/p>\n

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National Police Chief of Cambodia Neth Savoeun, left, and then-National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha, right, at the Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2018. Sao, now the head of the military police, is investigating the death of an unarmed man during a police illegal gambling raid. (Image: VOA Cambodia<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soung Dorn was the deputy chief of the village of Rong in the Kampong Thom province. He took refuge in the caf\u00e9 following a meeting on Sunday. While there, Cambodian military police launched their attack.<\/p>\n

During that attack, at least one officer subdued Soung by clamping his arm over the man\u2019s windpipe. Despite others in the shop trying to raise the alarm, Soung turned blue and stopped breathing. The police have promised to launch an investigation.<\/p>\n

Family Calls For Answers<\/h2>\n

Soung\u2019s death didn\u2019t cause an uproar in Cambodia as other police-related deaths<\/a> have elsewhere. However, it would have likely gone unnoticed if it hadn\u2019t been for his daughter, Nearadey Din. She published the incident on Facebook before turning to RFA for additional exposure.<\/p>\n

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In her Facebook post, Nearadey lobbied for intervention from the highest level of Cambodia\u2019s government. She has called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian Human Rights Commission to take action. That probably won\u2019t happen, although they\u2019ll closely monitor the situation. The head of the military police, General Sao Sokha, is investigating the matter and reportedly suspending the officers involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sao, a former bodyguard of the prime minister and former National Military Police commander, told local media that he is establishing a commission to investigate the death. However, the depth of that investigation is questionable. A coroner listed Soung\u2019s death as the result of a heart attack.<\/p>\n

Nearadey dismissed that assessment, arguing that her father was in good health. She stated that he had no history of heart disease or any other signs that he was suffering from health issues.<\/p>\n

Cambodia Faces Unstable Future<\/h2>\n

Illegal gambling<\/a> remains a major issue in Cambodia. At one point, towns like Sihanoukville were poised to be \u201cthe next big thing\u201d in global gaming. However, as quickly as new development began in 2017, it stopped two years later.<\/p>\n

Sihanoukville and similar cities saw a massive influx of Chinese investors ready to get in on the growing popularity of online gambling. They began building shopping malls, offices, apartments, and more to support the growth. By 2019, $1.7 billion in foreign investments had arrived, mostly from China.<\/p>\n

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But China wasn\u2019t happy with the investments, putting pressure on Cambodia to cut off online gambling. That led to the collapse of the gambling infrastructure. By 2020, foreign investment in Cambodia was less than one-tenth of what it was a year earlier, according to the World Bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Desperate to make a living as towns dried up, some investors turned to illegal gambling. It isn\u2019t likely that foreign investors will return soon, especially given the current climate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The government says it\u2019s now cracking down on illegal gambling and other illicit activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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