"Seven Boeng Tamok Women Protesters Hit With Court Summonses", 8 July 2022

Seven women protesting evictions from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok lake have been summoned to court for incitement and obstruction based on a complaint by the district security chief.

The northern lake has been divvied up among powerful interests and is being rapidly filled with sand for development. Dozens of families living in shacks along its shore have protested as they face resettlement.

The seven court summonses, delivered by police to the protesters ..., said the recipients must appear at the municipal court on August 3.

The seven women were accused of “obstruction and incitement to cause chaos on a public road” by complainant Meas Sambo, one of the summonses said.

According to Prak Sophea, who is one of the protesters summoned, Sambo is head of the Prek Pnov district security guards, the unit that has clashed with residents during rallies...