Continue Probe Into Killings, Rights Groups Say
Human rights groups yesterday decried the result of the government’s investigation into the murder of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, saying that there were many holes in the official finding. On Saturday, the government committee charged with investigating the killings in Koh Kong province announced that the case had been closed after investigators found that Rann Boroth, a security guard for a logging company, had accidentally shot dead In Rattana while trying to disarm him of his AK-47 rifle, which he had used to kill Chut Wutty. Mr. Boroth’s actions had likely prevented further shootings, the committee said. But human rights groups, who have conducted their own investigations into the killings in the Cardamom Mountains, say that the committee’s version of events is doubtful and has not been fully substantiated. …
