khaleejtimes.com
27 February 2008
PHNOM PENH - An abandoned pregnant wife and mother tracked down her errant husband and incited an angry mob to chase and corner him by yelling “Help! Thief,” a local newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Koh Santepheap daily reported Chun Ly, 42, tracked her husband down in the northern tourist town of Siem Reap, more than 400 kilometres from the capital, to take her revenge.
The paper said the man had taken off with the couple’s new motorbike three months earlier, leaving Ly pregnant and caring for three young children alone.
Ly waited until he was cornered by the mob and weeping in terror, before wading through the crowd and revealing he was actually not a thief but just a deadbeat dad, the paper reported.
The trick was a dangerous one for the husband. A lack of faith in the police and judiciary has made mob lynchings and killings of suspected criminals commonplace in Cambodia.
The paper said it was unclear whether Ly’s prank had convinced the man to return home, or at least to return the motorbike.
27 February 2008
PHNOM PENH - An abandoned pregnant wife and mother tracked down her errant husband and incited an angry mob to chase and corner him by yelling “Help! Thief,” a local newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Koh Santepheap daily reported Chun Ly, 42, tracked her husband down in the northern tourist town of Siem Reap, more than 400 kilometres from the capital, to take her revenge.
The paper said the man had taken off with the couple’s new motorbike three months earlier, leaving Ly pregnant and caring for three young children alone.
Ly waited until he was cornered by the mob and weeping in terror, before wading through the crowd and revealing he was actually not a thief but just a deadbeat dad, the paper reported.
The trick was a dangerous one for the husband. A lack of faith in the police and judiciary has made mob lynchings and killings of suspected criminals commonplace in Cambodia.
The paper said it was unclear whether Ly’s prank had convinced the man to return home, or at least to return the motorbike.
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