Charges vague as court calls in ADHOC official
In a mysteriously vague citation, Adhoc monitoring head Chan Saveth has been called to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to face charges of “providing assistance to specific perpetrators”. Although the court’s summons, which asks Saveth to appear on August 24, provides no specifics as to the “perpetrators” in question, a court official who spoke to the Post on condition of anonymity said the term was a reference to Bun Ratha and his associates. Ratha was accused of being a “secessionist” and inciting villagers in a land dispute in May that led to the death of a teenage girl in Kratie province. The death came only weeks after environmentalist Chut Wutty was shot dead in Koh Kong province. …
