Villager freed after road block
Provincial authorities released land protester Bun Ratha, who was detained on Friday and sent to Kratie prison, after his supporters blocked traffic on National Road 73 yesterday. More than 500 villagers from Chhlong district’s Kampong Damrei commune, who are in a dispute with rubber company Kasotim after it was granted a land concession in the area, followed through on a threat to block the thoroughfare about 6am yesterday as they lobbied to have their village representative released. …
