Killer in Chut Wutty Case Walks Free Six Months Later

3 November 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Judiciary and courts / Land / Logging and timber
Chut Wutty / courts / environment / environmental activist Chut Wutty / justice system / murdered activists / Rann Boroth / rights groups

Rann Boroth, the only man convicted in the double killing six months ago of the country’s leading environmental activist, Chut Wutty, and military police officer, walked free from prison on Friday after the Koh Kong Provincial Court issued an order for his release. … On October 22, Mr. Boroth was sentenced to two years in prison for killing In Ratana, but Judge Khem Sophary, who did not explain his decision, immediately suspended 18 months of the sentence. … Mr. Boroth’s release brings to an end what rights groups have described as travesty of justice, and a judicial investigation that raised more questions that answers regarding the killing of Chut Wutty. …