Government official attacks bar girl
Srey Touch was kicked from behind and beat with a microphone. She was cursed, along with all the other women at the bar, and accused of prostitution. She was hospitalised and is now in pain and finding it difficult to move.
Her attacker is a senior provincial official named Sorn Bun Choeun. The hospital deputy director issued a statement saying that Srey Touch can move and that it is not serious. The official's aide claimed that his boss was flirting with Srey Touch but to escape his attentions she had slammed herself into the door. Sorn Bun Choeun's deputy said his boss is gentle and quiet and would never do this, even if he was drunk.
The only corroboration of the attack comes from the owner of the bar who claimed that he had never seen such violence in his club. Is it not flabbergasting to think that a woman can be so viciously attacked to a public place and all the witness, except the owner, claim that it was her fault? Is it sexism or corruption? Bar girls are treated very poorly in Cambodia as a general rule and the attacker in this case was a Government official. Probably both sexism and corruption - he attacked her because he could. Everyone will cover up for an official.
His story is that Srey Touch to escape his attentions she had slammed herself into the door. She would have to have been terrified to sustain such injuries trying to escape from Sorn Bun Choeun's "flirtations".
(Source: Cambodia Daily)
Reading between the lines I imagine it happened like this. He came in and flirted with her. She served him beer. He propositioned her. She rejected him. He kicked her. She tried to escape. He hit her with the microphone and called her a whore. This is only speculation, but I can see it happening.
By the way don't you think it's ironic that he called her a whore when she wouldn't have sex with him? Contrary to popular belief, bar girls are not prostitutes. Some do supplement their earnings with sex work but they are not a majority. There is a real need to stop impunity in Cambodia in general but especially with regard to gender based violence.
Her attacker is a senior provincial official named Sorn Bun Choeun. The hospital deputy director issued a statement saying that Srey Touch can move and that it is not serious. The official's aide claimed that his boss was flirting with Srey Touch but to escape his attentions she had slammed herself into the door. Sorn Bun Choeun's deputy said his boss is gentle and quiet and would never do this, even if he was drunk.
The only corroboration of the attack comes from the owner of the bar who claimed that he had never seen such violence in his club. Is it not flabbergasting to think that a woman can be so viciously attacked to a public place and all the witness, except the owner, claim that it was her fault? Is it sexism or corruption? Bar girls are treated very poorly in Cambodia as a general rule and the attacker in this case was a Government official. Probably both sexism and corruption - he attacked her because he could. Everyone will cover up for an official.
His story is that Srey Touch to escape his attentions she had slammed herself into the door. She would have to have been terrified to sustain such injuries trying to escape from Sorn Bun Choeun's "flirtations".
(Source: Cambodia Daily)
Reading between the lines I imagine it happened like this. He came in and flirted with her. She served him beer. He propositioned her. She rejected him. He kicked her. She tried to escape. He hit her with the microphone and called her a whore. This is only speculation, but I can see it happening.
By the way don't you think it's ironic that he called her a whore when she wouldn't have sex with him? Contrary to popular belief, bar girls are not prostitutes. Some do supplement their earnings with sex work but they are not a majority. There is a real need to stop impunity in Cambodia in general but especially with regard to gender based violence.
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