Monday, June 6, 2010

Middle-aged sorcerer beaten to death for threatening Cambodian village with black magic

 A murderer is being sought by police after a 43-year-old “sorcerer” was killed in Pursat province’s Kandieng district on Thursday night, after he allegedly provoked villagers with threats of black magic.  Cheng Poy, 43, was found dead after he was beaten near his home in the Damrei Sar village of Koh Chhum commune, while returning home from drinking palm wine with his friends in the village, Kandieng district deputy police chief Chheang Leng said yesterday.
Full article: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011060649567/National-news/suspected-sorcerer-beaten-to-death-in-pursat-province.html