Sihanoukville Casino Shooting, Two Dead, One Injured, Three Suspects Held Hours Later

August 2, 2022 Cambodia Crime & Legal

Cambodia continues to fuel the narrative of its Chinese transnational crime problem with local news reporting a shooting inside a casino complex where two Chinese nationals were murdered and one was injured, and the three suspects are all Chinese as well.

Casino Shooting Sees Two Dead, Suspects Quickly Identified
Preah Sihanouk, the coastal Cambodian city also known as Sihanoukville, appeared in local news after a shooting broke out in Tong Fang Palirin Casino in Group 13, Village 1, Sangkat 2, as the Khmer Times reported. Two Chinese nationals were found dead and one was severely wounded on the night of July 30, around 10 pm. The Khmer Times reports that the shooting happened in the hotel part of the complex and the shooters have fled the scene.

Local police were reportedly on the premise almost immediately and thanks to CCTV captures it took mere hours for the suspects to be captured. According to a second report by the Khmer Times, Colonel Tey Visal – the police chief of the local police department – has identified the shooters as Du Chong, 34, and Zheng Ying Fei, 37. Alongside them,
there was a female suspect that has been identified as Xiong Zheng, 31.

Five hours after the shooting, around 4 am on July 31, the three Chinese nationals were captured, facing interrogations and possibly murder charges, according to how the interrogation process goes. However, if there is clear video footage of the scenario described by local police, which has reportedly gone into details about how many rounds were shot during an argument between the individuals involved.