Father Suing Rubber Firm for Beating His Three Children

8 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Rubber
DM Group / DM Group spokesman Ven Vibol / Farmland / land certificate / Land rights / Land titles / Ratanakirri / Ratanakirri province / RCAF / Royal Cambodia Armed Forces / Royal Cambodia Armed Solider Colonel Srey Thoeun / Ry Saron / Ven Vibol

The father of three children attacked with wooden sticks and steel poles by employees of well-connected DM Group in Ratanakkiri province has filed a lawsuit against the firm, and is asking for tens of thousands of dollars in compensation. .. The provincial court has charged the four employees and released a Royal Cambodia Armed Solider, Colonel Srey Thoeun who was at the scene, on the grounds that he did not take part in the beatings. ... Mr. [Ry] Saron [the victims' father] said he was also preparing to ask local authorities to endorse the land certificate he was recently issued for the farm his children were protecting when they were attacked in order to secure a $2,000 loan to pay his son’s hospital bills in Vietnam. ... On Sunday, however, Mr.[Ven] Vibol [DM Group spokesman] attributed Saturday’s altercation to a misunderstanding because the firm’s employees were not clear about who the land belonged to.

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