Keo Near (left), Nuth Sakhorn (centre) and Buot Chinda, victims of last year’s shooting, exit the Svay Rieng Provincial Court yesterday. 

Former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith once again failed to appear at Svay Rieng Provincial Court yesterday, nearly 16 months after he allegedly shot three women at a garment factory protest.

His second no-show, coupled with the subsequent walkout of his lawyers, left hopeful victims, their attorneys and civil society representatives exasperated over a case that has been dragged between courts and faced seemingly endless delays.

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Source: (The Phnom Penh Post – June 13, 2013)