A tiny mouse created panic after it cut electric power to more than 40 percent of Phnom Penh in Cambodia.

The mouse managed to short circuit a 40-megawatt power plant south of the city.

Chea Sun Hel, director of the power company's distribution department revealed, "The mouse was as big as a human toe, but it created a big problem,"

Phnom Penh's residents often suffer power cuts but the government put the entire blame on technical problems.