Shooting Victims’ Lawyers Denied Site Visit

16 May 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Human rights / Investment / Law and judiciary / Social development / Special economic zones
Bavet City / Chhouk Bundith / Chin Lyda / Council for the Development of Cambodia / Human Rights group / lawyers / LICADHO / Manhattan SEZ / protesters / Special Economic Zone (SEZ) / Svay Rieng Province / victims

Lawyers for the three women injured in a Feb. 20 shooting at a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Svay Rieng province were prevented from visiting the site of the shooting, allegedly on orders from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), a lawyer and human rights group representative said yesterday. The lawyers had planned to visit the Manhattan SEZ in Bavet City in hopes of mapping out where the victims were standing when the city’s former governor, Chhouk Bundith, allegedly opened fire on a crowd of protesters, said Chin Lyda, a lawyer from rights group Licadho who is representing the victims. …