{"asset":"news","key":"2878","locale":"en","id":"news:2878:en","entityId":"news:2878","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/2878","state":"ready","title":"Suspect in fatal shooting of Kampong Thom police officer arrested in Poipet","summary":"Police reported arresting two men on 27 October: one suspected of opening fire and another suspected of transporting him during the escape.","body":"A suspected drug trafficker accused of shooting police officers in Kampong Thom province on 23 October 2025, killing one and seriously injuring another, has been arrested. The Criminal Police Department of the General Commissariat of National Police under the Ministry of Interior said that, after the shooting, specialist officers cooperated with Kampong Thom Provincial Police and extended their inquiries into Kampong Cham and Banteay Meanchey provinces to locate the suspects’ hideouts. Following continued inquiries, police made the arrests on 27 October in ទួលពង្រ village, ផ្សារកណ្តាល sangkat, Poipet city, Banteay Meanchey province.\nAfter locating the suspects’ hiding place, specialist officers arrested two Cambodian men: ថន ឌីណា, 34, the alleged shooter, and ថន សៀងហៃ, 29, who was suspected of transporting him during the escape. Officers seized an AK-47 rifle, a magazine and 22 rounds. The men were subsequently transferred to Kampong Thom police for legal proceedings.\nOn 23 October 2025, Kampong Thom anti-drug police carried out an operation against suspected drug trafficking in បែកចាន village, អណ្ដូងពោធិ៍ commune, តាំងគោក district, Kampong Thom province. According to the report, the suspect fired bursts from an AK-47 at officers, killing Lieutenant Colonel ហួន សាវ័យ, deputy head of the anti-drug office, and seriously injuring another officer. The suspect also took a police weapon identified in the report as a K49 and a mobile phone, then fled by motorcycle first to Chamkar Leu district in Kampong Cham province and subsequently to Poipet.\nPreah Sihanouk Provincial Television. By: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"17087","languageVersionId":"15057","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.4ZghGrCh_chyNxisDZn73vzirrXs4J7HzI0J6t4wtSE"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"km","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"12","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2025-10-29T08:22:59Z"}