Sok Thoeun Chained Son's Neck To A Pole For Skipping School, Police Say (PHOTO)

Sok Thoeun, a 40-year-old man from Batt-ambang, Cambodia, is being pursued by authorities after reportedly beating and chaining his 13-year-old son, Sok Khorn, to a pole for playing video games at an Internet cafe instead of going to school, the Phnom Penh Post reports.

When the father found his son, the Post reports he began beating his son "brutally," and then shackled him.

"As well as beating his son, he put chains around the boy's neck and legs and locked him to a power pole on a nearby street in the village, in order to show [his son] to the public," deputy provincial police chief Colonel Cheth Vanny told the paper.

The Bangkok Post reports police got a locksmith to free the child, but by that time his father had returned to work as a motorbike taxi driver, and eventually fled the scene.

"He is still on the run," the official told the paper. "This kind of torture is not acceptable."

AFB reports the man is now wanted on child abuse charges.

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Comments

[mother10]

11:23 PM on 04/02/2012

wtf...his OWN dad

[whiteAngus]

01:03 PM on 04/03/2012

why are you surprised? most crimes against children come from the kids parents. kind of ironic since parents shelter their children more than ever these days, saying that its a scary world out there. no, dad, its scary as $%#@ in here!!!

[mother10]

11:19 PM on 04/02/2012

he does not know how to love his own son...wish we could chain his as

[iluvnevaeh]

04:54 PM on 04/02/2012

freaking asian parents! they are CRAZY man!

[mother10]

11:20 PM on 04/02/2012

and they keep saying they should be the role models for Americans...please

[whiteAngus]

01:05 PM on 04/03/2012

two WHITE american parents just starved their child recently. the kid ate his own feces. its on this crime page even!!!

dont blame the asians. whites are just as messed up as anyone else.

[iluvnevaeh]

01:28 PM on 04/03/2012

i agree with you, and thats why i feel fortunate that i am not a crzy white person either..not all asiana are terrible freak parents, but so over the past 6 months there has been a 2 year old that was hit by a truck in the middle of a busy asain market place and nobody helped her, there has been a father that made his yound son do push ups and run in his underwear and even naked in the snow, there was another father that bit off his sons penis, and now this.

all im saying is, there must be something in the water.

by the way, those people who starved theyre son while he ate feces are terrible disgusting people who deserve to rot for the rest of theyre lives. any body that brings harm to an innocent, unknowing child is not worth forgiving and deserves nothing better than how they treat that child. they aer sick demented freaks, regardless of race or ethnicity.

[Renee Johnson]

11:20 AM on 04/02/2012

Just what the Hell!!

[jedime]

10:43 AM on 04/02/2012

ugh- i can feel the boy's humiliation. and now not only is he shamed in front of the locals, but also the whole world, thanks to that picture.

[Helen Greenfeld]

09:46 AM on 04/02/2012

When they catch the father do the same to him. I wonder if he'll get it.

[Melissa Irlandez]

08:49 AM on 04/02/2012

this father treats his son like a dog. But I think now the boy will be free from him and the abuse will stop, at least I am hoping.

[Lifeisdone]

07:50 AM on 04/02/2012

when did we start showing pictures of the victims? This is so sick.

[John Adleman]

03:59 PM on 04/02/2012

Maybe if more victims were shown, particularly here in the US, more would be done to eradicate this horrendously pervasive social issue. But until then, those not affected daily will continue to turn a blind eye, sadly, and more children will die, or become criminals and repeat the cycle.

[mother10]

11:20 PM on 04/02/2012

Rihanna domestic violence photos...thanks TMZ !

[PapaRocky]

01:41 AM on 04/02/2012

I don't understand abusive parents at all. I really don't. I raised seven kids by myself --- all good kids, but none of them angels. I NEVER had to lay a hand on any of them --- they told me I had "a Clint Eastwood stare" and they didn't want me to give them the evil eye. I think it has something to do with my mother's book on child rearing she wrote, called "Guilt Is the Answer."

I guess the thought that I might be disappointed in them kept them in line.

None of them abuse their kids, either. It takes a little more work to keep 'em in line without violence, but in the long run, it makes them better people. Just my opinion.

[mother10]

11:22 PM on 04/02/2012

mother's book...very funny...smike

[PapaRocky]

01:16 AM on 04/03/2012

Made ya smile.

[Cerulean1299]

11:09 PM on 04/01/2012

That poor child. I would imagine what goes on behind closed doors is even worse. I hope they find him and lock him up for a very long time.

[mother10]

11:22 PM on 04/02/2012

beat his as

[britwilson06]

10:50 PM on 04/01/2012

I dont understand why the press feels it is ok to post a picture of the cambodian boy. His father should be charged with some kind of abuse charges and there are other ways to teach kids lessons besides abuse. He could have punished him in a different manner.. and for all you sick people who agree with this shame on you!

[sassiestkat]

01:37 PM on 04/01/2012

Irony: This article highlights the public shaming of this young man and then posts a picture of his punishment, clearly showing his face and precisely how he was chained.

Disgusting, HP, disgusting.

[Fatema Saber]

10:59 PM on 04/01/2012

they would never do that if it was an american kid.

[ebanks84]

01:24 PM on 04/01/2012

I hope they find the father and charge him for child abuse so he doesn't get the opportunity to do that again. So sad.

[hiredshoe]

11:05 AM on 04/01/2012

Authorities state the child has since had perfect attendance,the father showed a little parental influence,and corrected the situation,before it became a more serious problem, I commend him.

[Rebekkah Anne]

01:53 PM on 04/01/2012

But don't you think brutally beating the kid was a bit excessive?

[hiredshoe]

08:19 PM on 04/01/2012

Rebekkah Anne,he only had to do it once,it's about results when your a parent.

[a10flatliner]

11:30 AM on 04/02/2012

Wouldn't that depend on the extent of the beating, or who deemed it as being 'brutal'?

[xiolin]

08:26 PM on 04/01/2012

You're too funny. Obviously, beating any child will force him into submission... that's why slavery worked so well... nothin' like a beatin' and a chainin' to a tree to make 'em compliant! Careful, your snark almost seemed serious

[hiredshoe]

08:57 AM on 04/02/2012

xiolin,what would be your solution?Take away his pet Yak?

[a10flatliner]

11:33 AM on 04/02/2012

xiolin.... Apples, and oranges!

[brandon20678]

10:02 AM on 04/01/2012

Some people should not be parents at all.