Download “Our investigation shows only 25 percent of the forest is left. We are sending warnings about the destruction in the future. We want the government to prevent more destruction from the rubber plant company. We have only one virgin forest and now it’s being destroyed.”
This is Chut Wutty, a prominent Cambodian environmental campaigner.
Two months ago, he was leading an investigation into illegal logging in the Amazon of Cambodia, the Prey Lang Forest.
Last week, he was shot dead by police.
He was one of the most outspoken activists in the country and had received many death threats in the past.
Borin Noun joins the mourning crowds at Chutt Wutty’s funeral.
Download April 17 marked a tragic turning point in Cambodian history.
37 years ago, Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh, known as the Pearl of Asia, fell to the Khmer Rouge.
Khmer Rouge renamed the country Democratic Kampuchea, and turned it into a purely agrarian-based Communist society.
One third of the population died from execution, starvation, disease and overwork under the four-year regime of Khmer Rouge with Pol Pot as the key leader.
At present, the Khmer Rouge Tribunals are taking place, with charges accusing the four top leaders of genocide and crimes against humanity.
کمبوڈیا میں رواں سال جون میں بلدیاتی انتخابات ہورہے ہیں، جبکہ عام انتخابات آئندہ برس شیڈول ہیں۔ فلپائن میں نوے لاکھ سے زائد ووٹرز رجسٹر ہیں، جن میں نوجوانوں کی بھاری اکثریت ہے، تاہم یہ نوجوان ووٹنگ میں زیادہ دلچسپی نہیں رکھتے، اسی بارے میں سنتے ہیں جکارتہ انڈونیشیاءکے ریڈیو kbr68h کی آج کی رپورٹ
