Soldier Held After Aiding Two Slain Loggers
The Oddar Meanchey Provincial Court on Saturday charged a 31-year-old soldier for helping villagers who were shot dead after crossing the Thai border while logging for luxury timber, officials and a rights worker said yesterday. Mao Chenda, 20, and Ung Theara, 17, villagers from Anlong Veng district, were shot dead on May 13 by Thai soldiers after they crossed into Thai territory, said Toch Ra, chief of the border liaison office at Chaom-Sa Ngam international checkpoint. Their bodies were returned on May 18, Mr. Ra added. …
