Lawyer Asks to Participate in Shooting Probe

12 June 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Human rights / Investment / Social development / Special economic zones
Chin Lyda / Council for the Development of Cambodia / human rights groups / investigators / Kaoway factory / lawyer / LICADHO / SEZ / Shooting / Special Economic Zone / Svay Rieng Province / victims / workers

A lawyer representing the three victims of the Feb. 20 shooting of workers at a special economic zone (SEZ) in Svay Rieng province has written to investigators asking to be allowed to participate in the case. Chin Lyda, a lawyer for human rights group Licadho who is representing the three young women, was prevented last month from visiting the Kaoway factory in the Manhattan SEZ, the scene of the shooting, allegedly on orders of the Council for the Development of Cambodia. …