A Cambodian man who brought a dog to roast for the main course of a family dinner slashed his brother-in-law with a machete after asking for a second helping and being told the dish was finished, police said on Monday.
The deputy police chief of Sa’ang district just outside Phnom Penh, Un Savuth, said that farmer Uch Oeurn (22) had arrived at his sister’s home last Friday with a dog in a bag, which he invited brother-in-law Pon Ty (25) to roast.
”But when Oeurn had finished eating his first dish of dog, he asked for more and was told there was none, so he became angry and accused his brother-in-law of being stingy,” Savuth said.
”He was very drunk, and when someone passed him a machete, he chopped his brother-in-law Ty in the leg, the head and the neck before running away. We are seeking him now,” he said.
However despite being badly wounded, Ty jumped up and badly beat Oeurn’s brother Uch Chan, whom he accused of suppling the weapon, before being sent to hospital, Savuth added, causing further family tensions.
”They were very drunk, and Oeurn was angry because it was his dog and he was hungry, but we don’t think he had known the dog for long — we think he stole it on the way to the party,” Savuth said.
Dog is traditionally eaten as a drinking snack with copious amounts of rice wine by some groups of Cambodians. Oueurn faces 10 years in jail if convicted. – Sapa