First Trial Involving Minister’s Wife Commences

The first trial in a long-running land dispute with the wife of Industry, Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem will start today at the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court, a human rights worker and court officer said yesterday. Court prosecutor Penh Vibol confirmed that the court would begin hearing the case of Chat Batt, 70, who is suing the minister’s wife, Chea Kheng, and her firm, the KDC Development Company, for allegedly encroaching on 0.3 hectares of her farmland in Tralach district. …