Allegations of death threats after illegal logging reports

4 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Communications / Crime and law enforcement / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Provincial and local governments / Social development
Adhoc / Chhum Senghorn / Kapit Local Newspaper / Kim Seng Ngon / Nokorwat / Phuong Sothea / Pursat Provincial Court / RCAF / RCAF 14th Intervention Brigade / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Sak Rom

A journalist has filed a complaint with the Pursat provincial court alleging that a soldier threatened to kill him on Sunday after he wrote a series of damning articles linking the soldier to illegal rosewood trafficking, court officials confirmed Tuesday. Both the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and the provincial court said they will investigate the case. Sak Rom, a reporter from the Kapit Local Newspaper in Phnom Kravanh district who also wrote stories for national news agency Nokorwat, said he filed the complaint on Monday. …

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