Hun Sen orders TTY to send gunman to court

PHNOM PENH – Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered TTY Co owner Na Marady Tuesday to send a company security guard to court for seriously injuring four villagers in a shooting incident in Snoul district in Kratie province earlier this month and to apologize to local residents at the same time.

“The company knows exactly who the gunman is since he was employed to work for the company,” he said during a road inauguration ceremony in Sen Monorom, adding that police would arrest the company president if he was not handed over.

“I have told the Ministry of Agriculture to examine clearly the impacts on local residents before offering land concessions to the private sector,” Hun Sen added, warning companies that they would lose such concessions if they violated the rights of local residents.

In mid-January, the TTY guard was seen opening fire on about  400 residents of Snoul who were protesting against the company for bulldozing their crops. TTY has a concession for planting rubber trees. source

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