Am Sam Ath and Chan
Puthisak were victims of
unprovoked attacks. It is
farcical that an
investigation against them is even being
considered
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Naly Pilorge, LICADHO Deputy Director

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‘Treating Am Sam Ath and Chan Puthisak as suspects after they were beaten themselves by para-police while trying to prevent further violence shows how biased authorities are against public assembly,’ said Thav Kimsan, LICADHO director. ‘Especially as para-police routinely commit violence with apparent impunity.’

In face of the clear evidence that the two men were victims and not perpetrators of violence, LICADHO and Boeung Kak Lake community hope that the prosecutor ends this preliminary investigation against Am Sam Ath and Chan Puthisak, and gives proper consideration to complaints against identifiable perpetrators of the violence.