Another Activist in Prey Sar
A 65-year-old woman who has spent months sleeping under a staircase at Borei Keila yesterday became the second land-rights activist sent to Prey Sar prison in little more than 24 hours. Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating judge Ly Leabmeng questioned villager representative Tim Sakmony for almost five hours before charging her with incitement and ordering her to be locked in pre-trial detention, her defence team said. … The jailing of Sakmony, who was summonsed last week after an incitement complaint by Suy Sophan, the owner of Borei Keila developer Phan Imex, came one day after Boeung Kak village representative Yorm Bopha was detained and jailed on charges of intentional violence. … The rash sentencing of those women – after a three-hour trial without a lawyer on May 24 – drew international headlines and the attention of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who urged Cambodia to release them. …
