Monday, May 28, 2007

Another murder and disembowelment

Another woman is murdered and disemboweled, her organs taken. There is no clear motive - her husband and neighbours claim that she had no enemies. Was she another convenient victim? Her husband claims she was raped before being murdered and her body was dumped in the river. The police have identified a suspect but he has since disappeared. They say an investigation is continuing. (Source)

The gender based violence in this country is shocking. It is normalised and thus elicits no outrage. In fact the comments under this article refer to plots by the Vietnamese rather than the rape, murder and disembowelment of a fellow citizen. Of course, there is a terrible racism towards Cambodian's eastern neighbours. The ultimate insult seems to be accusations of collaboration. The PM is often referred to as a nazi Viet Cong slave. None of the commenters appear to feel that it's worth mentioning that murder is outside the norm. Here it apparently is not.

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