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'Wild Cambodia jungle-girl' found 'Wild Cambodia jungle-girl' found
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A Cambodian girl who disappeared aged eight has been found after reportedly living wild in the jungle for 19 years. A Cambodian girl who disappeared aged eight has been found after living wild in the jungle for 19 years, police say.
Rochom P'ngieng's father says he has identified her through scars but she cannot speak any intelligible language. The girl is believed to be Rochom P'ngieng, who disappeared while tending buffalo on the edge of the jungle in remote northern Rattanakiri province.
Ms Rochom P'ngieng disappeared tending buffalo in Rattanakiri province, 350km (220 miles) north-east of Phnom Penh. Her father says he has identified her through scars and will have DNA tests taken to prove she is his daughter.
Local police said she was "half-human and half-animal". Her father says he will have DNA tests taken to prove she is his daughter. But the BBC's Guy De Launey in Phnom Penh says there are other possibilities to her identity.
Members of Vietnamese hill tribes often cross into Cambodia through the jungles, he says.
Many are seeking asylum from religious persecution and are keen to avoid contact with the authorities, he adds.
'Bare bones''Bare bones'
The woman's plight came to light when a villager noticed some of his food had been taken and staked out the area. Local police said the woman was "half-human and half-animal" and could not speak any intelligible language.
Her plight came to light when a villager noticed some of his food had been taken and staked out the area, which is 350km (220 miles) north-east of Phnom Penh.
She was shaking and picking up grains of rice from the ground to eat Sal Lou, fatherShe was shaking and picking up grains of rice from the ground to eat Sal Lou, father
Deputy provincial police chief Chea Bunthoeun told Associated Press news agency: "He spotted a naked human being, who looked like a jungle person, sneaking in to steal his rice."Deputy provincial police chief Chea Bunthoeun told Associated Press news agency: "He spotted a naked human being, who looked like a jungle person, sneaking in to steal his rice."
The villager and some friends then caught the woman.The villager and some friends then caught the woman.
Sal Lou, a village policeman, said he recognised the woman as his daughter from a scar on her right arm.Sal Lou, a village policeman, said he recognised the woman as his daughter from a scar on her right arm.
He said: "When I saw her, she was naked and walking in a bending-forward position like a monkey... She was bare bones.He said: "When I saw her, she was naked and walking in a bending-forward position like a monkey... She was bare bones.
"She was shaking and picking up grains of rice from the ground to eat.""She was shaking and picking up grains of rice from the ground to eat."
Mr Sal Lou said the family was now watching her closely after she took her clothes off and suggested she would return to the jungle.Mr Sal Lou said the family was now watching her closely after she took her clothes off and suggested she would return to the jungle.