Memorial to Be Held in Koh Kong for Slain Forestry Activist
An estimated 600 people who say their livelihoods have been affected by illegal logging and deforestation across the country are scheduled to gather in Koh Kong province on Friday at the site where environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot dead on April 26. The group will hold a memorial service for Chut Wutty at the site of his killing, and will also gather evidence of illegal logging in the area, organizers said. Koh Kong provincial authorities said they had not been informed of the memorial service and declined to say whether or not it would be allowed to go ahead. The gathering comes just over two weeks after Chut Wutty, the former director of the Natural Resource Protection Group, and military police officer In Rattana were shot dead in the Cardamom Mountains. …
