Divorcing Couple Saw House In Two

ALL very amicable and grown up in Cambodia divorce settlement:

A COUPLE in Prey Veng province has simplified the messy legal task of divorce by literally sawing their house in two, according to local officials.

Who gets the saw? Can you saw a saw in half?

The house, situated in Cheach commune, Kamchay Mea district, was divided into two parts on Thursday after the couple who owned the property decided to separate following an argument.

Cheach commune chief Vorng Morn said the couple did not separate over anything “big”, only the small problem of the husband feeling his wife had not cared for him when he became ill.

“His wife said that if her husband got sick and stayed at home, she was made to pay for his medicine, but if he stayed at his parent’s house, she wouldn’t have to pay. So they separated,” he said.

“We tried to persuade them to think clearly before they did this because they had been married for nearly 40 years,” Vorng Morn added. “But they did not listen.”

The couple also decided to divide their land into four parts; two for their son and daughter, and two for them.

Can you saw a saw, and with whose saw..?

Anorak

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