Police officer charged with intentional killing

12 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Constitution and rights / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Land / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Protected forest / Provincial and local governments
Forestry Administration / Khut Sopheang / Mondolkiri Provincial Court / National Military Police / National Road 76 / Nhem Vanny / Pat Sou Kany / Pheng Sokheng / Seima Protected Forest / Sin Vanvuth / Svay Sam Eang / Vann Sophanith

Mondolkiri Provincial Court charged a national police officer with intentional killing on Friday, the latest in an increasing trend of violent disputes over timber in the restive province. Pheng Sokheng, who was sent to the Seima Protected Forest to stifle the work of illegal loggers, on Wednesday night allegedly opened fire on a car suspected of transporting luxury timber, killing one man and seriously wounding another. … Vann Sophanith, the 25-year-old driver of the vehicle, was killed. Pat Sou Kany, the 22-year-old stepson of an unnamed deputy provincial military police commander, was shot in the torso and taken to Vietnam for treatment. The alleged killer, Mr. Sokheng, was in a group of police, soldiers and forestry administration personnel who were patrolling the protected forest when a Toyota Camry approached. …

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