On 4 September, 2012, Ms. Yorm Bopha, a pivotal figure in the protests against forced evictions of residents from the Boeung Kak Lake community in Phnom Penh, was detained for allegedly assaulting a person who was suspected of stealing. In a separate case, Ms. Tim Sakmony, a leader in protests against forced evictions from Borei Keila, another area of Phnom Penh was arrested one day late, on 5 September 2012. The arrest came after the owner of Borei Keila developer Phanimex filed a complaint alleging that Ms. Sakmony made a "false declaration" in a request for the Phanimex Company to compensate her disabled son for having failed to provide him with an apartment after his eviction from Borei Keila in January 2012. Phaminex was originally granted land in Borei Keila conditional upon the construction of ten apartment buildings to rehouse residents, but has only built eight buildings. Ms. Sakmony was held in pre-trial detention at Prey Sar prison, pending judicial investigation for making a "false declaration to a public body for the purpose of obtaining an allowance, a payment or any unlawful advantage" under Article 633 of the Penal Code. On 26 March 2013, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Tim Sakmony to six months in prison but cut the sentence in half on probation reprieve. On 27 December 2012 the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Yorm Bopja to three years' imprisonment for "intentional violence with aggravating circumstances. The On 27 March 2013, the Cambodian Supreme Court denied Bopha's request for bail pending her appeal. In June 2013, a Court of Appeals upheld Bopha's conviction but reduced her sentence to two years. On 22 November 2013, the Supreme Court released Bopha on bail, ordering that her case be further investigated and re-tried. The families from the Boeung Kak Lake (BKL) community have been battling forced evictions since 2007, when the Government leased their land to a company, Shukaku Inc, for development. In May 2012, after 15 members of the BKL community were violently and arbitrarily arrested, Ms. Yorm Bopha was at the forefront of the campaign for their release. She maintained a high profile presence at every demonstration, became a media spokesperson for the campaign, and did not shy away from publicly criticizing government officials. This new- found prominence brought with it the attention of the authorities - she was verbally threatened, harassed and intimidated.