No motion in shooting probe
More than two weeks after the slaying of 29-year-old Mao Sok Chan in clashes at Phnom Penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass, police have yet to launch an internal investigation into the use of force, officials said yesterday.
National military police spokesman Kheng Tito said he had no knowledge of any progress in the case and was not even sure whether the Permanent Security Committee had decided to open a special committee to investigate the case. …
Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap directed questions to the Permanent Security Committee yesterday, citing a busy schedule due to floods along the Mekong River. …
If any approach is being taken by local authorities, rights groups have heard nothing, affirmed Preap Kol, executive director of the Cambodia office of Transparency International, a global social accountability NGO. …
Amelia Woodside and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-motion-shooting-probe
