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Cambodian Military Police Involved in Brawl with Villagers Outside Takeo Provincial Court
By: licadho
Posted: Oct 13 09
Witnessed: 1149 times
Regions: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression, Human rights defenders, Minorities
On September 30, 2009, more than 30 villagers fought with military police outside Takeo Provincial Court in an attempt to prevent authorities from detaining a community representative from being arrested on groundless disinformation charges.
After several hours of questioning by Takeo Provincial Court Director and Investigating Judge Tith Sothy, Sib Sen and Ny San were charged with disinformation and wrongful damage of property, which stemmed from a 2008 incident where they had removed a fence built by the mosque leaders to cover village land after declaring that it belonged to the community. No reasons were given by court which subsequently released Sib Sen on bail but arrested and detained Ny San.
Five military police officers escorting Ny San from the court house to prison were confronted by the group of villagers and a scuffle ensued as they attempted to stop the police from detaining Ny San. After a tense standoff between the villagers and the military police, the armed officers eventually managed to get Ny San into a waiting car and drove him to prison.
Community representatives Ny San, 57, and Sib Sen, 61, were the first of six people to be questioned by the court. The court summons appeared to be an exercise in intimidation against the ethnic Cham Muslim community, following accusations by the community members that local mosque funds had been mismanaged.
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