To honour Chut Wutty

Nearly two years have passed since Cambodia’s leading forestry activist, Chut Wutty, was gunned down in the Cardamom Mountains. After a long wait, more than 100 activists, supporters and monks will finally make the pilgrimage on Saturday to the spot where he was killed to pay their respects. Forestry activists will travel from far afield to attend, joining monks from Koh Kong province offering prayers and blessings in remembrance of a man many revere as a martyr who strove to protect Cambodia’s rapidly depleting forests from seemingly insatiable business interests. …

May Titthara
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