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"The man has butchered the cow and sold its meat so that it will stop causing him more problems in the future," Pin Doman, a police chief on the outskirts of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, said Tuesday.
He said Kop Ri, the owner, killed his cow on Sunday.
Police took the cow into custody after a 66-year-old motorcyclist crashed
last week into the white, 5-foot-tall animal, which was standing in the middle of a dark road. The man died from his injuries.
Relatives of the deceased man had retrieved the cow from the police station to
ensure its owner would pay them $1,200 for the death of the motorcyclist.
But last Friday, the relatives returned the cow to its owner after giving up hope of getting any compensation, Pin Doman said.
He said they have also dropped their complaint against the cow's owner, who could have faced a six-month prison term under a new traffic law that holds people responsible for accidents caused by their animals.
Earlier this year, the same cow was responsible for another traffic accident that resulted in the deaths of five people and several injuries, when a truck veered off the road and crashed as its driver tried to avoid the animal.
[Associated Press]
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