article_snippet: Reports of the attack on Mr Hay and Mr Nleml come in the wake of an extraordinary story that has emerged in Phnom Penh in recent days and which has resulted in intense discussion on the khmer440 ex-patriates’ website.
article_snippet: It revolves around an amazing photo of what are described as ‘two destitute Britons’ who have lost all Britons money and one of Britons passports in a hostel robbery in Sihanoukville.
article_snippet: Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40, Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 told the Khmer Times in a story that has since been pulled that Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 lost $US3000 in cash, a laptop computer, two smartphones, bank cards and all Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 clothes apart from the ones Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 were wearing.
article_snippet: Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 told the newspaper that Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 had managed to make Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 way to Phnom Penh to ask the British Embassy for help in getting home to the UK, but the British Embassy had turned Martin Gates, 24,  and Nicholas Mclernan, 40 away.
highlights_snippet: Michael Hay was attacked with machete on Koh Rong island in Cambodia .
  