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| Chut Wutty died along with a military policeman, In Ratana, in an exchange of gunfire in remote Koh Kong province that has left many unanswered questions. (Photo: by Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer) |
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“We also urge the Government to take concrete and immediate measures to ensure the safety of all witnesses and investigators as well the families of the deceased men.”
The US and the EU have separately urged the Cambodian government to undertake a thorough investigation of the shooting death of conservationist Chut Wutty.
Chut Wutty died along with a military policeman, In Ratana, in an exchange of gunfire in remote Koh Kong province that has left many unanswered questions.
The government has established an investigative committee, and two men have been detained for questioning in the April 26 shooting. However, neither of them has been charged with a crime.
The US Embassy on Thursday urged the government “to undertake a thorough, transparent, and credible investigation into this matter.”
“Furthermore, the United States encourages authorities to prosecute anyone found responsible in a similarly transparent and credible manner,” the embassy said. “The United States remains concerned about the use of force to curb the actions of individuals seeking to peacefully shed light on important issues like illegal logging.”
The EU said in its own statement it was concerned with ongoing violence toward environmental activists.
The UN office of human rights said the shooting was the fifth this year involving live ammunition use against civilians and rights workers.
“Despite the current lack of clarity about what exactly happened, we are very concerned that the killing of Mr. Wutty marks the latest and most lethal in a series of gun attacks on human rights defenders in Cambodia,” Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said. “We also urge the Government to take concrete and immediate measures to ensure the safety of all witnesses and investigators as well the families of the deceased men.”
8 comments:
Hello VOA, His Cambodian spelling is "Chhut Vuthy". In English language it has no distinction between "Chh" and "Ch" sounds. In Khmer, his spelling is "Chh". Vuthy is correct. not "Wutty" and please don't try to Romanize his name as "Woodee" either.
everyone in cambodia deserves justice for all, really.
To 4:01 AM,
as Khmer I though like you too. Because this name is the real Khmer name, not "Chut Vutty"
Only tell to this Govt under Hun Xen, they will never care about warning. Telling about Santion then maybe they move some.
4:01, 4:20 AM,
Romanizing?
Khmer's name had been written and spelled using the French language, e.g. Hun Sèn, note the è., thus Chhut Vuthy, so the outside world can read it.
"Chut Wutty" may be anglicised/westernised
If the name is not to be romanized/anglicised/westernized, then this is ឈុត វុទ្ធី's name in Khmer!
Hope it helps!
The UN, the US, the EU, and Japan,
You should push this barbarous Hun Sen Government to apprehend the "real" mastermind of this nonsense killing and bring them to face justice.
Please stand firmly with this crazy Hun Sen. His skin is so thick, which requires a big stick to make him move.
Recently one of his cronies named Chhouk Bandit shot at the workers in the Svay Rieng province, heavily injured 3 workers, and so far that criminal perpetrator is still free.
You have helped Cambodia a lot but you failed to enforce strictly the 1991 Paris peace accord. And that was one of the main reasons why Cambodia is still a big mess.
Please help Cambodia again and be strong and assertive against this bastard Hun Sen.
Hun Sen s killer put the illigal s gun for Chhut Vutty to make the scene ,make it sound like EXCHANGE THE GUN FIFRE.The Hun Sen s hit man killed the police millitary who killed Vutty and make up story that the officer commited suicide .
WHAT A SHAME
THE CHOARA THBBADEY IN HUN S REGIME
4:01, 4:20 AM,
You make the minor typo into a big deal.
We, the Cambodian, call this “sam nhè”.
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