Cambodia: ADHOC staff faces violence questions
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Jul 7, 2017
- Event Description
Battambang Provincial Court has ordered the provincial Adhoc human rights coordinator to appear in a case involving allegations of intentional violence. The summons orders Ying Mengly to appear at court on Tuesday next week and to bring any documents he has in his defence. Mr Mengly said he did not know where the alleged violence took place, but would appear in court on the due day. "I am not in the wrong, I am not afraid," he said. He added that he had helped many victims in land disputes with tycoons or powerful people in his role as a human rights defender . "I want to know who filed a complaint against me," he said. Mr Mengly said the number of complaints to Adhoc fell in Battambang province last year. Adhoc received 15 complaints, one involving torture, five over land disputes and nine related to injuries. Soueng Sen Karona, senior investigator for Adhoc, said the organisation will provide a lawyer to study the case. "We don't know who filed the complaint. Our lawyer will work on that issue," he said.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Vilification
- Rights Concerned
- Right to protect reputation
- HRD
- NGO staff
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 13.09573000000001
Longitude: 103.2022055
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 7 July 2017, Battambang Provincial Court has ordered the provincial ADHOC human rights coordinator to appear in a case involving allegations of intentional violence