May Titthara

An NGO worker in Oddar Meanchey province has sought help from the rights group Adhoc after he was allegedly attacked by a military police official and six timber dealers for filing a forestry crime report against them.

Saing Chak, director of Crime Prevention Cambodia, said that he filed a complaint to the provincial court on September 17 accusing the seven of attempted murder.

“They got irritated since I reported to the police that they are running timber trading,” Chak said. “They came and beat me at my house on September 15. If I had not managed to escape, they would have killed me already.”

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-beaten-cop

The only surprise here is that he got away.

Takes balls to report illegal activity in a rural area...especially if near where you live...

A few years ago the activist would have simply disappeared...kinda like in Thailand...