Pork thieves

Reference : MM-1-21-715

Name of creator(s) : Michael Moerman

Scope and content : August 20, 1960. Thieves stole pigs from the house of Ae Ta. Villagers helped each other find the thieves. Later the pigs were killed, and they portioned the pork out between them. The villagers figured out that Kham Waew was one of the thieves because she brought the pork back home on the Buddhist Sabbaht, which was the day of mercy (i.e. no animal killing). However, many villagers did not dare to testify for fear of being attacked.

Extent and medium : Punch card