Rights Workers in Court Over Intimidation
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has summoned for questioning two human rights workers who have lodged court complaints against local officials for disrupting their land-rights workshop in July. Pen Bonnar, provincial coordinator for Adhoc, and Chhim Savuth, a project coordinator for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), filed separate law suits over the July 26 meeting they were hosting for local villagers in Lumphat district’s Batang commune. Filed with the court on August 8, the suits accuse Batang village chief Pheng Main of defamation and commune police chief Phlang Mia of intimidation. …
