Missing Land Protesters Were Arrested, Charged With Fraud
Two men from Kratie province who were removed from a vehicle on Tuesday while traveling to Phnom Penh to demonstrate at Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house over a land dispute, have been arrested by internal security police and charged with fraud, an official said yesterday. Sless Seth, 65, and Sa Vann, who is thought to be around 40, were part of a group of about 200 villagers heading to Mr. Hun Sen’s Phnom Penh home to ask for his help in a long-running land dispute with two rubber companies. … It is unclear what the details of the fraud charge against the pair are, but Mr. Seth’s wife, Sen Chah, 65, said her husband was not involved in any illegal activities. …
