Called to court: Summonsed woman brings crowd of 150
A woman summonsed to Kampong Speu provincial court over a land dispute yesterday returned home without being arrested after about 150 protesting villagers turned out to support her. Rath Thavy, provincial monitor for human rights group Adhoc, speculated that the court decided not to arrest Khem Srey Pao, 37, of Thpong district’s Omlaing commune, because it was afraid of the villagers’ reaction. However, Klot Pich, director of the provincial court, said the court had simply asked Khem Srey Pao, who was summonsed last week, about the complaint filed by Him Sam Oeun, and “did not arrest her”…
