Thursday, January 19, 2012

Four Villagers Injured in Shooting by Plantation Guards

One  of the villagers who were shot
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
"Private security guards opened fired without warning, injuring four."
At least four villagers were injured when security guards for a rubber plantation opened fire in a land clash in Kratie province Wednesday.

A 23-year-old man is in critical condition at the Snuol district health center after some 200 villagers assembled to block bulldozers from clearing their land.

Witnesses said security guards for the TTY Company opened fire with AK-47s.

Netr Ratana, 23, who was shot in the leg, told VOA Khmer she wants to see the arrest of the security guards, who shot at people “like birds.”


“I urge the government to resolve the land issue between villagers and the company,” she said. “Don’t let people keep suffering like they are today.”

Am Sam Ath, an investigator for the rights group Licadho, said the shooting took place when villagers tried to stop the bulldozers from destroying their cassava fields.

Private security guards opened fired without warning, injuring four, he said. He urged the authorities to “take action.”

It Sarin, a two-star adviser to the Ministry of Defense with ties to TTY, declined to comment Wednesday, saying he was on a “mission” in Preah Vihear province.

Khieu Butha, deputy police chief of Tapaong Kra Ngoung commune, said an investigation has been opened into the shooting. “The suspects escaped already,” he said.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen evicted alot of Cambodians people unjusticely but No revolution is dare to raise up. Why? Because they are chicken as CPP said in the meeting.

Where is the Lotus or Jasmine revolution? Where are they? They must be coward group of leaders.

Remember: Now or Never!

Anonymous said...

Samdach Decho Hun Sen said: "To the victims where is your America? Where are the human right group when you need one?"

Anonymous said...

នៅស្ងៀមដល់ណាទៀត....
ខ្មែរអើយ អើយខ្មែរ! ពេលនេះទឹកលេចដល់ច្រមុះហើយ!
បើយើងជាខ្មែរមិននាំគ្នារើបំរះ នោះទេក៏គង់តែយើងស្លាប់
ដ៏ដែល។ ដូច្នេះយើងជាខ្មែរត្រូវតែងើបឡើងទាំងអស់គ្នា
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Anonymous said...

The Vietnam's slave Hun Sen must free himself from his master and prosecute these Vietnamese guards who shot these innocent Khmer people.

Wake up Ah Chor Roleuy Ah Kwack Knhom Yuon Dach Thley !!

Yuon Chaul Penh Srok Heuy Ah Maha Kwack !!

Anonymous said...

why not condemn the culprits ?
and not those who are unable to help.

Anonymous said...

A failure to take a firm stance on an important issue could prove to be unforgivable to those who need your support!

Anonymous said...

I WANT TO CALL ON ALL VILLAGERS, ALL RESIDENTS OF BANG KOK, ALL RESIDENTS OF BOREI KEILA TO SPREAD YOUR WORDS TO ALL CAMBODIANS THROUGH OUT OUR COUNTRY TO STOP VOTING FOR C.P.P. BECAUSE HUN SEN IS BEHIND OF ALL COMPANIES THAT YOU ALL SUFFER FROM.

THIS IS THE ONLY WEAPON TO DEFEAT THE MONSTER OF DISASTER NAMED HUN SEN.

I HATE THE WORDS "KAUNCHAU CHOL PREY MARQUIS" FROM THE STUPID FORMER KING SIHANOUK.

NOW I HATE THE WORDS "COMPANIES, AND AKPHIWAT" FROM HUN SEN.

DEAR NEW YOUNG GENERATION, PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE CATASTROPHY THAT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL FACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

Anonymous said...

Yes, that's right where is Lotus or Jasmine revolution? Where are they when the people in need one now.

Cambodians will not raise up because Cambodians lost fath in revolution through many generations. They are all the same shit. Aren't they? and Hun Sen prosper of these.