Two Arrested in Pursat as Further Evictions Loom
Two more people in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district have been arrested in conjunction with what local authorities are calling a secessionist plot, while provincial authorities threatened to demolish more homes if residents do not leave a disputed area, officials said yesterday. Deputy provincial court prosecutor Pang Chansoyutheara said that Kim Chantheoun, 50, and Choa Samnang, 40, were arrested on Thursday for illegally clearing state forest and measuring plots for villagers and—along with three other people arrested since July 16 in Krapoeu Pi commune’s Kompong Kdey village for the same crimes—charged by the provincial court on Friday. …