Chut Wutty killing (Cambodia)
- 2 people died.Chut Wutty, and military police officer In Rattana, whom the court said shot Wutty and then died.
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Chut Wutty was killed on 26 April 2012 in Koh Kong province while near a Timber Green logging site with journalists. A court said a military police officer shot him and then died himself; the inquiry into Wutty's death was closed in October 2012.
The court attributed the shooting to an officer who also died; a Timber Green guard was convicted of killing that officer.
Status As of the latest source reviewed (October 2012): the inquiry into Chut Wutty's death was closed; a Timber Green guard was convicted of killing the officer the court said shot him.
What happened
Chut Wutty was killed on 26 April 2012 in Koh Kong, in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia. He was near a logging site operated by Timber Green, and journalists were with him.
According to the court outcome as recorded in the sources reviewed, the court said that a military police officer, In Rattana, shot Wutty and then died himself.
A Timber Green guard, Rann Boroth, was convicted of "unintentionally" killing In Rattana. The sentence was two years, with 18 months suspended.
The inquiry into Wutty's death was closed in October 2012. Global Witness published a press release headed "Cambodian court denies justice to family of murdered activist Chut Wutty".
- 201226 April: Chut Wutty killed in Koh Kong while near a Timber Green logging site with journalists
- 2012October: inquiry into Wutty's death closed; court outcome reported
What was said
Where accounts differ
Each party's account, side by side, with its source. The record does not settle these points; it shows them.
A military police officer, In Rattana, shot Wutty and then died himself; a Timber Green guard was convicted of unintentionally killing Rattana.
Global WitnessPress release headed: the court denied justice to the family of the murdered activist Chut Wutty.
Global WitnessHow it looked
Shown
- The court said that military police officer In Rattana shot Chut Wutty and then died himself.The court, as recorded in the sources reviewed · Global Witness
Recorded
- Chut Wutty was killed on 26 April 2012 in Koh Kong (Cardamom Mountains) while near a Timber Green logging site with journalists.
- Timber Green guard Rann Boroth was convicted of "unintentionally" killing In Rattana: two years, 18 months suspended.
- The inquiry into Wutty's death was closed in October 2012.
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- Outcome not on recordProsecution of Rann Boroth for the death of In RattanaCourt in Cambodia (not named in the sources reviewed) · Criminal · Prosecution → Rann Boroth, Timber Green guard
Rann Boroth was convicted of "unintentionally" killing military police officer In Rattana and sentenced to two years, 18 months suspended. The court said Rattana had shot Chut Wutty and then died himself. Global Witness
Insurers
What nature saw
Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Court
- Unclear Prosecution of Rann Boroth for the death of In Rattana: outcome not on record.
Accounts
- Disputed Was the court's outcome a just account of Chut Wutty's death?
Record
- Unclear Whether anyone was charged or tried for the killing of Chut Wutty himself: no source reviewed records it.
- None on record The finding of the closed inquiry beyond the court's statement that In Rattana shot Wutty and then died.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Press and investigations
- Radio Free Asia report on the Chut Wutty inquiryRadio Free Asia · 2012-10-22