Then, seemingly addressing rapists, he asks them not to murder their victims, all the while failing to condemn the act of sexual assault. Rithy claimed to be conveying messages from women he had met having dinner last week, adding that these women had asked him to express the above suggestions. “Some women should not scream or scold the rapist, because when you are caught in the tiger’s teeth let it be. That will cause them to kill you – just try to save your life,” he said. “If you happen to be in the tiger’s clutches, please agree with them and do not resist them.
Hang Meas TV morning presenter Meas Rithy on Thursday was discussing the case of casino worker Sovan Somalin – who went missing after she hired a taxi in the casino town of Bavet and was later found dead in a small pond, facedown and tied to a rock – with his copresenter Ros Sotheavy when he made the startling suggestions.
A local television presenter is facing heavy criticism for an inflammatory on-air suggestion that rape victims should not resist their attackers, and should instead accept sexual assault to avoid being killed – a reference to a brutal rape and murder of a 18-year-old woman in Svay Rieng province last week.
