Police officer killed in crash, timber falls out

A 25-year-old police officer in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom commune was killed in a car crash while transporting timber to sell in a nearby district on Sunday, police and authorities confirmed yesterday. Un Sokim was driving a Toyota Camry sedan loaded with timber to Keo Seima district when he reached a curved road and his car crashed into a truck coming from the opposite direction, Sen Monorom commune chief Kvan Trel said. … Trel added that Sokim, who is Sen Monorom commune police chief Nhek Chanthol’s son-in-law, was found to be carrying an unquantified amount of timber, and had been known to transport and sell the illicit goods in the past. …

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