Rights Workers Questioned by Court on ‘Incitement’ Charge
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court questioned two well-known human rights workers yesterday in an incitement lawsuit brought against them by a CPP commune chief, one of those questioned said. About 200 ethnic minority Tumpuon villagers, embroiled in a land dispute with the DM Group rubber company, protested outside the courthouse calling for Adhoc’s provincial coordinator Pen Bonnar and Adhoc investigator Chhay Thy to be freed. Mr. Bonnar and Mr. Thy—along with Cambodian Center for Human Rights President Ou Virak and Radio Free Asia journalist Sok Ratha—have been called for questioning over a 2009 complaint lodged by Kith Chem, the ruling party’s chief of Batang commune in Lumphat district, alleging they defamed him and incited a violent protest by the Tumpuon villagers over a land dispute with the DM Group. …
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