Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

Police arrested a woman who hired an assassin to her husband for having an extramarital affair in Kandal province on January 15, 2023.  

In a coordinated operation, the police in the penal department of the Ministry of Interior and Kandal provincial police have also arrested the man she had hired for $ 1,000 to carry out the murder.

Penal Office Police Deputy Chief Lieutenant Colonel Meng Sothy named the woman as San Thida, 34, a hairdresser living in Phnom Penh; and her aide as Thuon Ravy alias Vy, 39, a construction worker living in the Kandal province.

Lt. Col. Sothy named the victim as Khem Phally, 33, a loan officer who was working with a private microfinance company in Pursat province and living in Phnom Penh.

Kandal provincial penal police officer Major Sath Bunthoeun yesterday said that the suspects were charged with “premeditated murder” and face a jail term up to a life sentence in prison each, if convicted.

During her confession, San Thida told the police interrogations that her marital life was problematic as husband Phally had affairs with other women.  That made her Ravy on January 10 for an amount of $ 1,000 to kill her husband.

Ravy, who knew the victim very well, offered the victim a trip to Kean Svay district on January 11 afternoon. The victim drove his own motorbike and picked Ravy to the place.

“After arriving at a deserted place, Ravy strangled the victim to death with an electric wire,” Lt. Col. Sothy said.

“After the murder he threw the body into a nearby water canal, robbed his valued things (properties) and fled,” Lt. Col. Sothy added.

On January 13, villagers found his body floating on the canal and alerted the commune police.

However, a man saw him throwing the body, which led to his arrest on January 15, and based on his confession the woman was arrested.






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