Military police arrested 58 people during a raid Saturday from Sen Sok district by accusing of cockfighting and they are sent to Phnon Penh municipal court on Monday, local media reported.

Kith Sophal, the district military police chief, was quoted by the Phnom Penh  Post as saying that “my patrolmen suspected and reported to me about this illegal cockfighting site. Two days after we first saw it, numerous people came to play on the 1-hectare plot of land, and three days after that, I led the operation with around 30 district military police officials with a court warrant allowing us to raid it.”

“I would like to clarify the reason why more than 10 people were released and weren’t sent to court, to refute any confusion or criticism that a bribe was the reason for releasing them,” Kith Sophal said.

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