Cambodia man accused of killing 13-year-old boy who witnessed rape

PHNOM Penh: A Cambodian man was set to appear in court on Tuesday over the murder of a 13-year-old boy, whom the suspect allegedly killed after the boy witnessed him raping a relative, authorities said. “He wanted to eliminate a potential witness,” said James McCabe, operations director of the Child Protection Unit (CPU), a police division supported by the non-governmental Cambodian Children’s Fund. Hun Tola, 27, allegedly killed the boy, who was his neighbour, on Sunday after the child saw Tola raping the wife of Tola’s relative in their village in the southern province of Takeo, McCabe said.