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'....To catch a
thief''
PHNOM PENH: 13th June 2006
-- Recall the 1955 Hitchcock-directed movie 'To catch a thief''?
No? But anyway, Don Bosco Phnom Penh had a live re-run of some of the plot
just this weekend past. It was a hot Saturday afternoon, and the students
had just finished playing basketball when they all begun running towards the
'pyramid' (the hall), with two young men out in front of them, running for dear
life. Fr Cef, who was conversing with a group of students, noted the
disturbance and thought perhaps the boys were fighting. Suddenly one young
man climbed the fence quickly followed by the other. Fr Cef ran to stop
them - but stopped short when confronted with a .38 calibre pistol. Fr Cef
realised they were not students from Don Bosco!
The
two escaped towards the football field on the western side of the property when
they saw two policemen on a motorcycle. One had a rifle and was aiming it
at the escapees who clambered up another fence leading to the kitchen and the
farm. The police then ordered the students to help them catch the
thieves. It turned out that four young men had robbed a person of his
motorcycle then shot him in the left leg. The four fled to the Pagoda
where the two in question climbed the fence into DBTS.
Everybody ran to the farm while the police fired shots at the two
escapees. The two thieves threw away their bullets and the pistol and left
the DBTS property by climbing the northern wall, only to fall into the hands of
villagers who punished them severely. A couple of the students got a bit
too curious and gathered round just as a third policeman arrived on the scene
and pointed his gun at one of the students - who raised his hands and shouted
out 'Don Bosco', 'Don Bosco'. The policeman realised his error and let the
students go back to
school
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