Two weeks after the Svay Rieng Provincial Court revealed it had dropped charges against former Bavet town Governor Chhouk Bandith in a controversial triple shooting case, the man who effectively replaced him as the prime suspect yesterday appeared at the Ministry of Interior.

Bavet town police chief Sar Chanta, the man the Svay Rieng court left as the sole suspect, yesterday reiterated his innocence.

Garment worker Buot Chenda (C) receives treatment at a hospital after she was shot during a protest in Svay Rieng province in February 2012. Witnesses implicated former Bavet town Governor Chhouk Bandith in the shooting. Photograph: Derek Stout/Phnom Penh Post

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Source: (Phnom Penh Post – January 01, 2013)