Monday, May 07, 2012

Few Answers as Government Closes Investigation into Activist’s Shooting

Sam Chanty, Chut Wutty’s wife, said she did not believe her husband was shot by In Ratana, or that In Ratana had been shot twice in the torso by accident. Photo: by Say Mony, VOA Khmer

Monday, 07 May 2012
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
"If he intended to shoot Wutty, we could have easily escaped into the forest, because he was armed and nobody would stop him.”
Family members of both dead men in last month’s Koh Kong shooting were in disbelief Monday, following a government announcement over the weekend it had completed its investigation.

Cambodian authorities say military policeman In Ratana shot activist Chut Wutty, who was in turn accidentally shot as Rann Boroth, a security guard for a nearby timber company, tried to disarm him.

Chut Wutty had been escorting two journalists to a remote area of the province to investigate illegal logging, which remains a lucrative crime in Cambodia involving power officials.

A special investigative committee declared the case closed on Saturday, citing testimony from three witnesses. Rann Boroth will be charged with accidentally killing In Ratana and faces up to three years in prison if convicted.

But In Sitha, In Ratana’s brother, told VOA Khmer from his Kandal province home that he believes someone else actually shot In Ratana. “I cannot claim my brother’s life back,” he said. “I want my brother to die with dignity. If he intended to shoot Wutty, we could have easily escaped into the forest, because he was armed and nobody would stop him.”

Sam Chanty, Chut Wutty’s wife, said she did not believe her husband was shot by In Ratana, or that In Ratana had been shot twice in the torso by accident.

Chan Saveth, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc, said the investigation had not probed deeply enough into the double killing.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This accident shooting scenario is such a white lie that those investigators them self, don't believe it either let alone the public.


Baay Kdaing

Anonymous said...

http://youtu.be/eRU9AhedqIY

Sronos lok Chhut Vuthy

Anonymous said...

The Cambodian authority give no explanation as to how they came up with such dumbfounded theory of the event..
No forensic explanation whatsoever.
Sounded like a prewritten crime report to me.
This is a premeditated murder by the very people that are paid to provide us with an answer. Hmmmm

Anonymous said...

BOTH THE PROVINVE AUTHORITY AND THE COMMITTEE LOOK DOWN
CAMBODIAN PRIMINISTER AS THEY BELIEVE THAT PM IS LESS EDUCATED & IS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO THINK WHAT'S WRONG OR RIGHT ! " LET'S LIE
TO PM - HE DOEN'T KNOW ! HE EASILY CHEATED ! HE'LL ACCEPT WHAT EVER WE SAY..."
NO! MR PM KNOW MORE THAN THEY THINK BUT HE JUST DON'T WANT TO
UPSET CHINA'S INVESTMENT . POL POT PLEASED CHINA WITH 2 CAMBODIANS LIVES ...IT WAS EASY TO KILL BECAUSE NO UN , NO NGO & NO RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION IN THE WAY ... ONLY CHINA COULD ACCESS
TO POL POT 's WEALTH THEN . CHEYO! CHEYO! CHEYO ! CHEN POR(ចិន បោ៉ )