Publication : Press Release

Two fishery community members from Kep Thmey village have received summons for allegedly inciting community members against a private development project – the precise under provision under which they are summonsed is, at the time of writing, unknown. Mrs. Chan Dara and Mrs. Chan Sophanna are active community representatives of Kep Thmey village, whose residents are embroiled in a land dispute relating to a development project. The two activists were initially due to appear before prosecutors in early October 2011, but their summons dates were postponed to 8 December 2011 on the request of the two women.

Information Source : Judicial intimidation of community activists in Kampot Province

• CCHR