Cambodian land rights activists get year in jail for blocking traffic

12 November 2014
The Straits Times
Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Social development
Boeung Kak / Mong Mony Sophea / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh Municipal Court

A Cambodian court on Tuesday sentenced seven female land rights activists, including a 75-year-old woman, to one year in prison each for blocking traffic during a protest. … Judge Mong Mony Sophea of Phnom Penh Municipal Court ruled the women were guilty of “creating a public traffic jam”, sentencing each to a year in jail and a fine of about $500.

 The Strait Times News Staff
http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/cambodia/story/cambodian-land-rights-activists-get-year-jail-blocking-traf

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