Protesters Seek EU, World Bank Presence at Yorm Bopha Hearing

5 November 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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Boeng Kak community / Court of Appeal / European Union aid / Supreme Court / World Bank

Some 50 representatives of Phnom Penh’s embattled Boeng Kak community on Monday marched to the offices of the European Union and World Bank to request that the international bodies send observers to the upcoming Supreme Court hearing of anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha on November 22. Ms. Bopha is currently serving a two-year prison sentence for instigating the alleged assault of two taxi drivers, a charge widely believed to be an attempt to stop her activism against forced evictions. … “The Supreme Court set the hearing…for November 22,” Supreme Court clerk Chheang Vantha confirmed by telephone later. …

 Khy Sovuthy and Ben Woods
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