Families of slain men question official version

Amid mounting calls for further investigation, officials said yesterday they were establishing a task force to look into the death of outspoken forestry activist Chut Wutty, while the family of the military police officer who allegedly killed Chut Wutty before turning the gun on himself cast doubts on the official police investigation. “The Koh Kong shooting case is under investigation, and our investigating military police are working hard on this to find the real case behind the shooting to death of two men,” said General Sao Sokha, national military police commander. A “special committee” has been established to investigate the double killing, he said, though he declined to elaborate on details. Though the case is still open, military police officials have provided an official explanation for the deaths, calling them a murder-suicide. They have said it came following an escalating verbal altercation between Chut Wutty, 46, and the military police officer, In Rattana, 32…