Woman dies after village healer treatment
ODDAR Meanchey prov incial police sent a t radit iona l v i l lage hea ler to t he prov i nc ia l c ou r t on Monday a f ter a woman died in his ca re on Sat urday.
Loek Sok ha, t he deput y prov incia l pol ice ch ief i n cha rge of t he ca se, ident i f ie d t he v ic t i m a s Ch hou k Mao, 24, a nd sa id t he suspect was a 61-yea r-old.
He sa id bot h l i ve d i n Kon k r iel commune’s Chreu ng K ha ng L ech v i l lage in Sa mrong tow n.
“I wrote in t he police record t hat it was a ca se of i nvolu nta r y manslaug hter,” sa id Sok ha.
O n Mond a y, S a m r o n g t o w n pol ic e ch ief Hem Phea r u m s a id Mao’s relatives told him t hat her pare n t s c a l l e d t h e s u s p e c t a t a round 1pm on Saturday a f ter Mao bega n to ex h ibit sig ns of s e vere postpa r tum depression.
Upon a rriva l, he hooked her up to a s er u m d r ip, wh ich r a n out at a round 4pm, sa id Phear um.
At 6pm, he s a i d, t he s u s pe c t administered t hree dif ferent pi l ls at t he sa me t ime. At 7:45pm, Mao suddenly conv ulsed a nd died.
Phea r u m sa id t he v ic t i m’s relat ives f i led a repor t at Konk r iel commune police stat ion a nd it repor ted t he ca se to t he prov i ncia l depa r tment of hea lt h which sent medica l of f icia ls a nd police to t he scene.
The of f icia ls i nit ia l ly fou nd t hat t he suspect did not have t he proper per mit s for r u n n i ng h is busi ness, Phear um sa id.
He added t hat inter rogat ion a nd f u r t her i nv e s t i g a t i on b y p ol i c e revea led t hat t he suspect d id not have a medica l licence f rom eit her t he Minist r y of Hea lt h or its prov incia l depar t ment.