Road Rage

Here's a couple of news clippings from the Friday and Saturday editions of the "Cambodia Daily". It generally seems like a bad idea to get into any kind of dispute with rich Khmer's. A lot of these guys drive around Phnom Penh in their big black SUV's or Lexus's with bodyguards. If they work for the government, army or police they seem to have complete impunity if they get involved in any fracas (including waving a gun around or even firing it). I'm not suprised the Frenchman was happy to drop the whole thing. Em & I have been told a similar story where a young rich Khmer kid was playing a basketball match, didn't like one of the ref's decisions, and called over his bodyguard from the sidelines who proceeded to pull out his Glock to persuade the ref to change his mind. Not sure how true this one is though, we heard it from some Aussies after a few beers...