First Trial Involving Minister’s Wife Commences

20 March 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Energy / Energy policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Social development
Farmland / Kampong Tralach district / KDC Development company / Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court / Minister Suy Sem / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy

The first trial in a long-running land dispute with the wife of Industry, Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem will start today at the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court, a human rights worker and court officer said yesterday. Court prosecutor Penh Vibol confirmed that the court would begin hearing the case of Chat Batt, 70, who is suing the minister’s wife, Chea Kheng, and her firm, the KDC Development Company, for allegedly encroaching on 0.3 hectares of her farmland in Tralach district. …