Video can’t be trusted: district gov
Video footage of Daun Penh district deputy governor Sok Penh Vuth bashing a defenceless man with a bullhorn on Monday has sparked outrage and demands for his ouster, but his boss told the Post yesterday that people shouldn’t be too hasty to judge, suggesting the footage may have been digitally altered.
A video that has gone viral on Facebook shows Penh Vuth accusing Sok Ny, a 35-year-old motodop sitting on his motorbike, of involvement in a protest outside the Ministry of Information, before bashing him over the head with his bullhorn, then watching as the yielding Ny is beaten viciously with a baton by two district security guards.
But yesterday, Daun Penh district governor Sok Sambath said that although he had not yet seen the video, digital trickery may be at hand. ...
Other videos that have been uploaded online, however, show Penh Vuth directing district security guards through his bullhorn at the scene and watching as Ny is beaten.
Chan Vichet, a monitor at a local NGO who filmed the damning footage, rejected Sambath’s speculation that he had digitally manipulated the video. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/video-can%E2%80%99t-be-trusted-district-gov
