To honour Chut Wutty

21 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / International laws and treaties / Judiciary and courts / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Protected forest / Social development
Cardamom Mountains / Chut Wutty / International Court of Justice / MDS Import Export Co / Pak Khlang commune / Snuol Wildlife Sanctuary / Timber Green / Try Pheap

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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