One evening in Cambodia

7 November 2005
PHNOM PENH – A naked rampage by a German national through the Cambodian capital, which featured two escapes from hospital and a midnight visit to the city’s namesake temple, ended when he was captured and handed over to his embassy, police said Sunday. District police chief Sun Bun Lay said that a 26-year-old man identified as Adolf Chisttine had begun his rampage on Saturday night after he was found sleeping in front of a local supermarket and taken to hospital by a concerned local. “He woke up, took his clothes off and ran out of the hospital screaming. We brought him back but he escaped again and we found him still naked at the Wat Phnom temple trying to join a troupe of local monkeys,” Bun Lay said. He said police believed the man may have taken drugs before the incident. It was unclear what action the embassy would take Sunday, but Cambodian police said they did not plan to lay charges as the man had done no damage to anything except his own reputation.