Chut Wutty death to be examined by committee
A joint investigative committee will be established to re-examine the killing of activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, the head of the armed forces told the Post yesterday, after providing his own version of the incident to radio. Pressure from the families of victims and rights groups for an independent inquiry into Thursday’s dual shooting has mounted following a series of contradictory and questionable official explanations from the military police. On the day of environmentalist Chut Wutty’s burial, General Sao Sokha, national military commander, said Council of Minister’s deputy minister Prak Sokhon had asked him to enlist people to form the committee into the double shooting in Koh Kong province last Thursday… “The government tries to work to provide justice for those two people and also for the nation; what the government did is according to the law,” he said. Sao Sokha said the committee would be formed with officials from the Ministry of Interior,Council of Ministers, the Ministry of National Assembly Senate Relations & Inspection, other government departments and the national military police.
