Phnom Penh: 51YO British Philip James commits suicide in TeaHouse Asian Urban Resort.

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Koon Khmer

On October 5 2016 at 11.20AM in room No.310 of TeaHouse Hotel which is located No.32, Street 242, Village 6, sangkat Chaktomouk, khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh.

The victim check-in in the hotel on October 1 2016.

On October 4 2016 the victim asked the receptionist to not allow anyone to disturb him; he wanted to rest.
In the morning of October 5 2016 the cleaning staff knocked on the door of the victim’s room but there was no response. They became suspicious and took the master key. After opening the door they found the victim who hung himself by connecting a cloth with the door hinge of the bathroom.

The victim was identified as PHILIP JAMES, male, DOB 19/10/1964, tourist and staying at the room of the incident.

[Details of the victim’s body condition removed]

The police found traces of meth-amphetamines in the victim’s urine.

It was concluded that the victim died of suicide by hanging.

Phnom Penh: 63YO US Robert Owen Durkin commits suicide in Tonle Sab Guesthouse.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Koon Khmer

The incident happend in Room No.105 of the Tonle Sab Guesthouse, No.4-6, Street 104, Village 8, sangkat Wat Phnom, khan Daun Penh.

According to the article the victim was addicted to (legal) drugs (medicines).

On October 4 2016 a waiter, working at the guesthouse, didn’t notice the victim for having breakfast/dinner.
He/she knocked on the victim’s door but there was no response. Afterwards he/she looked through the window and saw the victim dead, lying in a pool of blood.
The room was closed and secured with a door lock (door chain lock or bar latch).
The door was also blocked (barricaded) with a suitcase. (ទ្វារត្រូវកល់វ៉ាលីពីខាងក្នុង; កល់= to place in an elevated position, elevate by means of a wedge; to support; to block)
There was a small kitchen knife found near the victim’s left hand. The police noticed 7 lacerations on the left arm.

The police concluded that the victim died of bleeding out.

Sihanoukville: 80YO German Alf Seehaus died at the Provincial Hospital.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Koon Khmer

On September 30 2016 at 9.20AM police experts received the information that a foreigner died at the Provincial Referral Hospital which is located in Group 6, Village 4, Sangkat 4, Sihanoukville.

The victim has been identified as ALF Seehaus, male, German national, born on November 2 1935 (81YO).

According to preliminary reports the victim entered the hospital on September 24 2016 at 12.20 (AM or PM) because he lost consciousness (ដោយសារអាការះសន្លប់បាត់ស្មារតី) until the morning of September 30 2016 when he died.

According to the examination (performed by) a skilled doctor the victim died of a broken blood vessel in the brain. (bleeding in the brain)

The victim’s corpse has been laid out at the Provincial Referral Hospital awaiting a decision from the embassy.

Sihanoukville: 77YO French Michel Andre Aubin died at home.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Koon Khmer

The police reported that an elderly foreigner died in his house in Group 2, Village 1, Sangkat 1, Sihanoukville. (behind the Provincial Department of Industry and Handicraft)
The victim was identified as Michel Andre AUBIN, born on 15/01/1939, French national, retired.
According to a female friend, identified as the 36YO Khmer Chin Samon (ជិន សាម៉ុន):
On September 28 2016 at 7PM the victim didn’t feel well (blood in urine) and suffered an obstruction (difficulty breathing) (ថប់ដង្ហើមម្តងទៀត) too. He was sent to CT Clinic (គ្លីនិក សេតេ) to rescue his life.
At 10PM (same day) he was carried/moved home again. (ក៏បានដឹកត្រឡប់មកផ្ទះវិញ)
In the morning of September 29 2016 at 8.30AM, when ready to move the victim to a hospital in Phnom Penh, he suddenly had problems breathing (suffocation) again and died.
An examination of the victim’s corpse by the deputy chief of the provincial health administration revealed that the victim died of a disease/illness.

Phnom Penh: 55YO Swiss Balz Urs Hammer found dead at riverside Suites.

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Koon Khmer

On September 19 2016 at 1.45PM at Riverside Suites Hotel, No1Eo, Street 144, Village 4, sangkat Phsar Kandal 1, khan Daun Penh a 55YO Swiss tourist identified as BALZ URS HAMMER, DOB 09/02/1961, died.
No noticeable scars were found on the victim’s body.
The victim checked in in room No.202 on September 12 2016.
The hotel staff didn’t notice the victim come downstairs so they went upstairs to knock on the door of his room but there was no response and they went downstairs again
After a while they went upstairs to call him again but there was still no response.
They took a card to open the door and found him the victim dead. The incident was reported to the authorities.
An examination revealed that the victim died of a heart attack. (possibly caused by a heart disease)

Sihanoukville: 48YO Indian Jakir Ali Mohammad found dead in his rental room.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Koon Khmer

On September 16 2016 around 10AM the corpse of an Indian man was found dead lying on a bed in a rental room in Group 9, Village 3, Sangkat 2, Sihanoukville.

According to the police:
The landlord has been identified as 65YO retired Khmer national Yum Dadi.
The victim has been identified as MOHAMMAD JAKIR ALI, male, Indian national, 48YO, DOB 01/01/1968, bed linen seller (លក មុ៉ងភួយ), holder of an EI-visa valid till 03/08/2017.

According to the landlord:
The victim started renting the room on 01/01/2014.
When friends of the victim brought him a visit they saw that the victim didn’t wake up so they knocked on the door and took a look through the window. After that they realized that the victim died.

Police experts, after performing an examination/biopsy, told that the victim died of a heart attack.

The corpse of the victim has been laid out at the place of the incident awaiting a decision from the victim’s family and the handing over to the embassy.

Sihanoukville: 58YO Belgian Frederic Pol Hazard found dead in Divers Hotel.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Koon Khmer

Corpse of Belgian man found in hotel room; cause of death unknown.

The corpse has been found on September 16 2016 around midnight. The victim was found lying on a bed, his face upwards, in a room of Divers Hotel which is located at ‘Meteorology’ (ឧតុនិយម), Group 25, Village 3, Sangkat 3, Sihanoukville.

The victim was wearing a blue shirt with a checkerboard pattern and grey shorts.

The police identified the victim as HAZARD FREDERIC POL C., male, Belgian national, 58YO, businessman, holder of an EI-visa valid till 04/10/2016.

The police said that a biopsy performed by the technical-scientific police and a doctor revealed that the victim possibly died of a heart attack.
After the examinations the victim’s corpse was sent to Russian Hospital in Phnom Penh by the family and embassy in order to organize the return of the victim’s corpse to his country of origin.

DOB 21/03/1958, Charleroi, Belgium.

Siem Reap: 49YO Canadian Kenneth Robert Huxley found dead in his rental room.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Koon Khmer

http://www.srpostnews.com/cambodia-news/4349.html (Graphic Warning!)

According to the police:
A foreigner died in a rental room; a bad smell alarmed the landlord/landlady.
The incident happend on September 12 2016 at 1PM at Ta Phul village, sangkat Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap city.
After a physical examination of the victim’s corpse the police didn’t find any traces of murder/homicide.
They concluded that the victim maybe left the bathroom, felt dizzy and fell down.(exhaustion) There were no witnesses.
The victim maybe died 3 to 4 days ago because the corpse was already swollen up and smelling bad.
The immigration police identified the victim as HUXLEY KENNETH ROBERT, male, 58YO, Canadian national, jobless.
The police and a doctor decided to take and lay out the victim’s corpse at the Provincial Referral Hospital awaiting a decision from the embassy.

Sihanoukville: 72YO US-national William Joseph Moore died at the Provincial Hospital.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Koon Khmer

http://www.police.gov.kh/archives/38762

On September 11 2016 at 8.43AM police experts received the news that at the Provincial Referral Hospital, which is located in Group2, Village 4, sangkat 4, Sihanoukville, a foreigner died.
The victim has been identified as:
MOORE William Joseph, male, US national, born on April 16 1944, visa EI 01013257 valid till July 24 2017.
Early reports say that the foreigner entered the hospital on September 9 2016 at 8.10PM to receive treatment.
In the morning of September 11 2016 the hospital contacted the Immigration Office to tell them that the foreigner died.
Currently police experts are looking for the place where the victim had been living.
The victim’s body has been laid out in the hospital awaiting a check by an expert doctor and the technical-scientific police to perform a biopsy.
Police experts informed the embassy and are waiting for a decision.

Siem Reap: 36YO Chinese Tan Shuilong dies at Royal Empire Hotel.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Koon Khmer

On September 2 at 9.30PM at Royal Empire Hotel which is located along NR6, Krous village, sangkat Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap city/province a foreign national fell face down in the swimming pool and died.

According to the Immigration Police:
The victim was identified as TAN SHUILONG, male, 36YO, Chinese national, visa No EF00431218, entered Cambodia through PPIA on August 31 2016 and arrived in Siem Reap on September 2 2016 via a tour company.
He stayed in Royal Empire Hotel room NoXXX and went for a swim. He sat on the border of the swimming pool and fell face down into the water.
They pulled the victim out of the water and called an ambulance but the victim died already.
According to Techical-Scietific Police, a coroner and doctors from the Royal (Angkor International Hospital) the victim died of an increased blood pressure which caused a broken blood vessel in the brain; a scan showed a blood clot in the brain of the victim.
The corpse has been laid out in the Royal Angkor International Hospital awaiting the handing over to the embassy.

DOB 04/05/1980.