Governor Free After Admitting To Firing Gun
Despite admitting yesterday to firing his pistol during last month’s protest at a Svay Rieng province special economic zone (SEZ), where three women were shot, Bavet City’s former governor Chhuk Bundith was free to return home after making his confession to the court. “[Mr. Bundith] came to answer me face-to-face and confessed that he came to the demonstration to negotiate [with protesting workers] and he shot into the air,” Svay Rieng Provincial Court prosecutor Hing Bunchea said. When asked whether Mr. Bundith confessed that the bullets he fired from his gun had hit the three female protesters, Mr. Bunchea declined to comment. … As the court questioned Mr. Bundith yesterday, international and local human rights groups kept up the pressure on the government, releasing statements urging a transparent investigation free of political interference and to make the arrest of the SEZ shooter “an utmost priority.”…
