Court avoids warrant for governor of Bavet
The see-sawing case against Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith, who police have alleged shot three female protesters just over two weeks ago, took another turn yesterday as a summons was issued for him rather than an arrest warrant. Though Chhouk Bandith has been publicly identified as the sole suspect by the Minister of Interior, Sar Kheng, Svay Rieng provincial chief prosecutor Hing Bun Chea said yesterday he was not completely convinced by a police investigation seeking an arrest warrant. “We followed the court procedure; we have to ask him to clarify the police report, we cannot believe the police report 100 percent,” he said. Fourteen days have passed since the women were shot in broad daylight in front of police at a protest by about 6,000 people outside the Kaoway Sports Ltd shoe factory in Svay Rieng province. …
