Ratanakiri Court Questions Rights Workers
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned the first of two human rights workers who are suing local officials for allegedly disrupting a July meeting they were hosting for villagers in Lumphat district. Deputy court prosecutor Ros Saram said he questioned Chhim Savuth, program officer for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), but declined to elaborate. … Mr. Savuth filed the lawsuit on August 8 accusing Batang commune chief kith Chem and commune police chief Phlang Mia of intimidation for allegedly grabbing the camera of another CCHR worker who was taking photographs of their attempt to stop the July 26 meeting. …
