Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Pov Panhapich paralyzed, attackers remain at large

Pov Panhapich
Pov Panhapich opened her eyes as she regains consciousness (Photo: Bunry, Koh Santepheap newspaper)

vuthasurf.com

One year passed quickly but perpetrators are still at large. Popular singer with her soft and sweet voice, Pov Pahnapich, 23 remains seeking medical treatment in Vietnam ever since she was shot in broad daylight and she cannot walk by herself. Probably, she is half-paralyzed forever because her body from chest to her foot cannot move.

Currently, according to the Daily, she and her family felt afraid of returning to Cambodia since the attackers have yet to be arrested and punished by law and they think that murderers will come back to attempt her life once again. So far, her health is recovering but cannot sing, or walk by herself.

Pov Pahnapich, singer, Karaoke performer and television host, was shot on February 23, 2007 early morning in the heart of Phnom Penh two bullets at close range in the neck and hip. The gunmen, aged mid-20s, shot her from the back of a motorcycle from a distance of around one meter while she had parked her car and was walking to the ELT School near Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy along Norodom Boulevard.

Immediately, she was taken to Calmette Hospital, but it was because of serious injury. And then she was transferred quickly by ambulance to Cha Roy hospital in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
For the government authorities, they claim that they still continue searching for perpetrators to be punished. But they blame the victim’s family for not cooperating with investigation into shooting.

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