Phnom Penh: “Good officials are respected and loved by the people. What the people hate are crooked officials, immoral words, and the use of power to harm the people.”
This phrase clearly reflects a police officer who is well known to the public as the owner of the Facebook account “David YaYa” or Mr. Khieu Songchansothea, Deputy Director of a Department Under the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCT) of the Ministry of Interior.
1. Old lessons are not new: looking down on the poor
Recently, Mr. Khieu Songchansothea once made the public angry by using vulgar and insulting words against a delivery worker simply for asking to confirm the location of the cargo. At that time, he used the excuse of “not sleeping enough, poor man” and even dared to use offensive words against the journalist as “a journalist who is a chicken”. This act is seen as a lack of morals and a disregard for legitimate professionals who make a living by force of arms.
2. New mistakes on top of old mistakes: The power-hungry man threatens to attack me.
With the old story still fresh, on the night of April 23, 2026, the same person caused another, even more serious conflict. In the traffic accident in Chbar Ampov District, Mr. Khieu Songchansothea not only did not use the method of a high-ranking officer with ethics, but instead used his power to “threaten to beat up” the other party and send them to prison without any hesitation, even though the investigation had not yet been completed.
3. Violation of administrative ban: Vape smokes, shows off to the police
What outraged the public the most and is a serious violation of the law as a police officer is that he sat and smoked an electronic cigarette (vape) carelessly at the scene. This act is a great disrespect for the orders of the Royal Government and the Ministry of Interior, which are currently cracking down on e-cigarettes across the country.
What right do officers who openly smoke e-cigarettes have to arrest citizens who vape?
In fact, the head of the Prek Ta Ai commune police station in Svay Rieng province Just using inappropriate words towards the victim woman, the provincial commissioner decided to remove her from her position to preserve the honor of the organization.
What about the case of Mr. Khieu Songchansothea, who has “repeated mistakes” from disrespecting transporters, cursing journalists, using his power to threaten and beat citizens, to violating the ban on e-cigarettes? How long will the Ministry of Interior continue to keep such officials to destroy the public’s conscience and the image of the institution?
The public is waiting to see whether the “removal of honor” or “force discipline” measures will be applied equally? Don’t let the people lose faith that “laws and discipline only apply to minor honors, while major honors have the right to do whatever they want.”
