Eight to appear in Svay Rieng court over SRP removal of border marker

Villagers force their way through a police blockade on December 14 to lead opposition parliamentarians and journalists to the site of border-demarcation poles at the heart of a dispute with Vietnam. (Photo: Zela Chin)

Tuesday, 22 December 2009
By Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

EIGHT people have been summoned to appear in Svay Rieng provincial court today and Wednesday for questioning in connection with an October incident in which opposition leader Sam Rainsy joined local residents in uprooting posts marking the border between Cambodia and Vietnam.

Pov Pheap, second deputy chief of Samrong commune in Svay Rieng’s Chantrea district, said Monday that he and two officials from nearby Bavet commune – Sok Sam Ien and Suk Korn – would appear at the court, though he maintained the innocence of all who have been summoned.

“We will not escape; we must appear in court in order to avoid arrest,” Pov Pheap said. “We are not afraid of being summoned because we have not done anything wrong.”

All three commune officials are members of the Sam Rainsy Party, Pov Pheap added.

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