Court Charges General Denounced by Hun Sen Over Land Claim
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged a Ministry of Interior police general with intimidation and unlawful interference in the discharge of a public function for allegedly attempting to use Prime Minister Hun Sen’s student volunteer program to settle a personal land dispute. … Mr. Hun Sen said that Lt. Gen. Sovann had written to the Land Management Ministry asking that the student volunteers be sent to measure a piece of land he claims to own in Pursat province’s Veal Veng District, and which is disputed by nine families. …
