Killer in Chut Wutty Case Could Be Free Within Days
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday convicted a private security guard of accidentally killing the military police officer who allegedly shot dead the country’s most prominent environmental activist, Chut Wutty, and sentenced him to two years in prison. The presiding judge, Kham Sophary, then immediately suspended 18 months of the two year sentence, meaning that Rann Boroth, who worked for the Timber Green logging company, could go free as soon as Saturday. … In a statement yesterday, local human rights group Licadho called the entire judicial process, from the investigation of the double killing to yesterday’s sentencing, “a mockery of justice from day one.” …
