Verdict today in case of jailed land activist

20 August 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling
Adhoc / ELCs / Kbal Trach commune / Krakor district / land / Land and Natural Resources / Land tenure and titling / Lao Meng Khin / Pheapimex Company / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Pursat / Pursat Province / Pursat Provincial Court

After more than three months in jail, environmental activist Kuch Veng is set to hear his verdict at the Pursat provincial court.

The verdict was originally scheduled to be handed down July 10, but the judge ordered it delayed after some 300 people from 11 provinces set up tents outside the court in protest of the use of the judicial system as a tool to threaten activists.

A community representative said yesterday that no more than 30 people were expected to show at today’s announcement, to forestall further postponement. …

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