Publication : Press Release

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the false charges filed against Mr Sam Chankea, provincial coordinator of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). Mr. Chankea is a human rights defender active in land rights issues in Kampong Chhnang province. He was charged with defamation under Article 63 of Cambodia’s Transitional Criminal Law and Article 305 of the New Penal Code by the KDC International Company, a development company allegedly owned by Lauk Chumteav Chea Kheng, the wife of the Minister of Mining and Energy in Cambodia. Because of the charges against him, Mr. Chankea appeared before the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on 18 January 2011.

Information Source : Drop false charges against Cambodian human rights defender

• FORUM-ASIAN