Adhoc Investigator Under Investigation for Inciting Protest
Officials in Ratanakkiri province are investigating the provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc for incitement after he helped villagers organize a demonstration, ultimately canceled, against a Vietnamese rubber company in O’Yadaw district. … Mr. [Chhay] Thy, [Adhoc’s Provincial Investigator] said yesterday that he met with about 100 ethnic Jarai residents from Paknhai commune’s Lom village on Thursday morning preparing for a demonstration against Company 72. The villagers accuse the firm of encroaching on communal land and illegally exporting wood harvested on its 6000-hectare economic land concession (ELC) to Vietnam. …
