B Kak duo’s reins loosened

Sao Sareoun and Ly Chanary, the two land-rights activists arrested outside the three-hour trial of 13 women from Boeung Kak lake in May, hope an easing of bail conditions is a sign authorities are planning to drop charges against them. The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the pair no longer had to report to authorities once a fortnight – a condition of their release from pre-trial detention at Prey Sar prison in mid-June. … Those women were sentenced to two and a half years in prison, but were released on appeal on June 27, although their convictions remain. …

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