police arrest man for domestic violence

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Phnom Penh: A 45-year-old man was arrested by police on Monday in Pek commune, Ang Snuol district, Kandal province, following his wife filed a complaint with police. The wife, who is a garment worker, accused her husband of injuring her in a domestic violence on Sunday night. According to police, the man was drunk and picked a quarrel with his wife immediately arriving home. The eyewitness said that the man was jealous his 34-year-old wife of having a love relationship with another man in the village and he assaulted his wife while she was sleeping. The suspect was sent to the provincial court, police said.