Kiwi Chris Knight Picked Up Without Papers

Phnom Penh: An Australian (*or also a New Zealand, or both) citizen was hanging out in public with no place to stay and has no passport/visa. He was detained by the police force of the Central Market and sent to the General Department of Immigration.

The arrest was made at 2:20 pm on May 21, 2019 in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district.

After interviewing the man, Lieutenant Cheat Chetra, Chief of the Office of Investigation and Enforcement of Phnom Penh, said that the foreigner was a58-year-old male, CHRIS KNIGHT, has come to Cambodia for in May 2015 through the International Airport Phnom Penh as a tourist.

As he has nowhere to live and no legal status, the General Department of Immigration will implement the procedure of the law (deportation).

*If anybody knows him, he’ll be in Ponchentong removal centre for a few weeks, visitors allowed.

Mr Knight was arrested last year for stealing from Good Time Gym.