Quirky Cambodia

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For a change of pace i have been saving up some quirky news stories for you.

Cow Responsible for at Least Six Traffic Deaths Taken in by Police

On Tuesday, authorities in the outskirts of Phnom Penh took into custody a cow that has caused another traffic accident, this time claiming the life of a 66-year-old man on a motorcycle when he crashed into it.

Five died earlier in the year and several others injured when the cow caused a truck to go off the road. Police chief Pin Doman says the owner faces six months in jail under a new law specifically for this type of incident.

Doman also said that the man was previously warned on four different occasions to make sure he kept his cattle penned up, and that any legal proceedings brought against him by family members of the victims could send him to prison.

Doman said he was holding the cow at his station.

And you thought i was joking about dodging cows on the way to work!

Airport Unsure Who Owns 727 Abandoned There Last Year

Vietnam: Officials at Noi Bai airport may be forced to sell a mystery Boeing 727 that flew in from Siem Reap, Cambodia last year for scrap after failing to locate its owner.

The aircraft sports the Cambodian flag and the words 'Air Dream' on its fuselage. Permission was given for the aircraft to remain at the airport until maintenance was completed but there has been no contact with anyone connected to the plane since.

Who parks a plane then just pisses off?


This is my personal favourite...

Divorcing Cambodian couple split house in half…literally!

A Cambodian couple hoping to avoid the country's convoluted divorce process have separated by sawing their house in half.

The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house in the „strange“settlement, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy. "Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted, “she said by phone from a village about 62 miles east of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. She said they ended their marriage last month. "He brought his relatives and used saws to cut the house in half, “she said, adding that she now owns the other half that is still standing. The house is made from wood with a tile roof and propped up on wooden pillars, a typical style for a Cambodian country home.

She said her estranged husband and his relatives, after ripping apart half of the house, carried all the bits and pieces to his parents' house about 547 yards (500 meters) away.

"He wanted a divorce, and I said, "Let's divorce,“' she said.

Vat Navy, the wife, said her teenage children were reluctant to go to school and face their classmates because of the oddity of the situation. "They feel embarrassed (because) half of the house is missing. It's very weird, “she said.