Court Drops Investigation Into Killing of Activist Chut Wutty
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday said it had dropped its investigation into the killing of environmental activist Chut Wutty, allegedly by a now-deceased military police officer in April. The court made the surprise announcement during the tril of Rann Boroth, who took the stand yesterday for the unintentional killing on April 26 of In Ratana, the military police officer accused of killing Chut Wutty the same day. The judge said he closed the Chut Wutty case in uly and cited Article 7 of the Criminal Procedures Code, which lets the courts drop an investigation if the offender is dead, said In Kongchet, provincial coordinator for rights group Licadho, who was present at the trial. …
