Image from Sky News via Khmer Times.
PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times): A British woman has stated that she believes that British authorities are not doing enough to investigate the death of her father, who died after falling from the 22nd floor of a condominium in Phnom Penh’s BKK1 district in March.
Sonny Suberu, 60, from London, died on the 25th of March after falling from the 22nd floor of a condominium in Phnom Penh’s BKK1 district at around 22.30pm.
He was then taken to the Khmer Soviet friendship hospital and pronounced dead at 02:40am on the 26th.
A police report concluded that Suberu, an IT consultant, had taken his own life.
Police say that a toxicology report revealed no illegal narcotics in Suberu’s system.
Suberu – a published author who was in the process of writing his third book – had been on a trip through South East Asia, and had visited Thailand and the Philippines, before arriving in Cambodia and renting a room in the condominium on the 22nd of March.
His daughter Shannon says she doesn’t believe that her father killed himself – and points out another man fell to his death at the same hotel a few weeks before her father arrived.
Speaking to Sky News, she stated: “[The Cambodian authorities] are saying he’s fallen from a roof. In the photos that I’ve received of my dad, there’s not a bruise to his face.
He looks in pristine condition. So to me, it just makes no sense. If you’re telling me you’re falling from a 22-floor building, your body is going to be unrecognisable.
“They’ve literally provided no evidence. There’s no CCTV.
“Right now we don’t even know where his stuff is. The hotel staff are saying the police have it, the police are saying the hotel staff have it.”
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When asked if the Foreign Office is doing enough to answer her questions about the circumstances that led to her father’s death, she said: “I don’t believe so.
“My dad was a UK national. He was born and raised here. The fact that you have turned around and basically said to me the Cambodian authorities suspect no foul play – so there’s literally absolutely nothing that they can do on our behalf? It’s mad.
“How did he fall? Did he fall off the balcony? If he did fall off the balcony, what was wrong with the balcony?”
Shannon, who lives in Walsall, said her father’s death has left a huge void.
“The sun that you see outside, that is what represents my dad,” she said.
“He was so full of life. He was energetic. He would never hold a grudge.
“So many people across the world have reached out to me with such nice words.
“It really breaks my heart. I’m only 24 and I never once thought about my dad dying.
“I need answers as to how and why.” - Khmer Times
