‘Junglewoman’ found after 19 years

A WOMAN who disappeared in the jungles of north-eastern Cambodia as a child has apparently been found after living in the wild for 19 years, police said yesterday.

The woman — believed to be Rochom P’ngieng, now aged 27 — cannot speak any intelligible language, so details of her saga have been difficult to confirm.

“She is like half-human and half-animal,” said Mao San, police chief of Oyadao district in Rattanakiri province. “She’s weird. She sleeps during the day and stays up at night.”