Killer in fatal shooting arrested

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  

Police yesterday arrested a suspect over Tuesday’s fatal shooting of a tycoon’s driver in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Keng Kang district.


The murder took place at about 2.30pm at a villa in Boeng  Keng  district’s Boeng Keng Kang I commune. 

Municipal Penal Police Chief Colonel Eng Sorphea identified the suspect as Ou Sophy, 39, from Kandal province’s Sa’ang district and who also worked for the tycoon’s family. 

He identified the victim as Kong Suth, 44, from Prey Veng province’s Preah Sdach district.

He said municipal police in cooperation with Kandal provincial penal police arrested Sophy in Sa’ang district’s Prek Ambel commune where he had fled to after the shooting.

Col Sorphea said the victim was the tycoon’s driver while the suspect worked as the children’s bodyguard and driver. 



He added that according to police’s investigation, a day before the murder, the victim and suspect argued with each other. 

The next morning, they both continued to quarrel with each other again. 

“During police interrogation, the suspect confessed that he shot the victim because he was angry with him for always insulting him and also threatening to kill him during their quarrel on Tuesday,” Col Sorphea said. “He confessed that he fired 12 shots at the victim and one more shot into the air before fleeing from the place,” he said. 

“He also confessed that after shooting the victim, he fled to his wife’s home in  Kandal province’s Takhmao city, where he hid his gun before fleeing to Sa’ ang district to hide,”  he added.

 Boeng Keng Kang I commune deputy police chief Major Long Sopheng said that the suspect is still being temporarily detained at the district police station for further investigations.   

He said that Sophy is accused of committing “premeditated murder and unauthorised holding weapon” and faces a life sentence if convicted. 

Maj Sopheng added that he would be sent to Phnom Penh Municipal Court for questioning today.

 

 


 

 

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