April 3, 2004/Phnom Penh: Police in Cambodia have been accused of extracting confessions from two teenagers by force-feeding them bananas until they felt sick. The newspaper Koh Santopheap said the pair were subjected to the unorthodox interrogation after being arrested last Sunday on suspicion of stealing five bags of soap powder from a car parked in the capital, Phnom Penh.
A policeman, Yim Simony, denied wrongdoing.
“They were hungry and annoyed and they refused to answer our questions,” he said. “But after they ate the bananas, they answered the questions.”
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