This handout photo taken on July 30, 2016 released by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)on August 1, 2016 shows jungle girl Rochom P'ngieng laying on a hammock at a village in Rattanak Kiri province. AFP.
PHNOM PENH: A Vietnamese man has claimed that he is the real father of a woman whose plight gripped Cambodia after she apparently spent 18 years living in the jungle, her adoptive family said.
The paternity claim adds a new twist to a saga which began in 2007 when a naked and filthy woman was discovered trying to steal food from a farmer.
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