A woman who was set on fire by her boyfriend inside a casino along the Vietnamese border will survive the attack but will likely be permanently disabled, a local police official said Monday.

The victim, Voeng Kim Eng, 21, was doused with alcohol and set on fire by her boyfriend, Run Chamroeun, 28, and his friend, Pov Piden, 23, early Friday morning.

Ms. Kim Eng was sent to Vietnam for treatment of severe burns sustained in the attack, which took place in a bedroom at GMG Casino in Kompong Cham province’s Ponhea Krek district, where both the victim and the suspects worked.

Provincial police chief Ben Rath said that although Ms. Kim Eng’s life had appeared in peril, she is now likely to survive—albeit with life-changing injuries.

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Source: (The Cambodia Daily – May 27, 2014)