Chea VicheaJanuary 22, 2008
Today marks the four-year anniversary of the murder of Free Trade Union leader Chea Vichea, who was shot three times — twice in the body, once in the head — on the morning of January 22, 2004, as he read the Cambodia Daily.
At the time, human rights groups called the assassination politically motivated. The U.S. embassy called it “cowardly. Tens of thousands of mourners marched through the streets of Phnom Penh in a somber farewell parade.
The two men convicted for the murder, Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, are widely believed to be innocent, framed by the Cambodian authorities. The trial of the two men was the subject of a 2007 video documentary by American filmmaker Bradley Cox titled The Plastic Killers. The murder and trial is also the subject of a forthcoming film by Cox and former Cambodia Daily reporter Rich Garella, titled Who Killed Chea Vichea?
Today marks the four-year anniversary of the murder of Free Trade Union leader Chea Vichea, who was shot three times — twice in the body, once in the head — on the morning of January 22, 2004, as he read the Cambodia Daily.
At the time, human rights groups called the assassination politically motivated. The U.S. embassy called it “cowardly. Tens of thousands of mourners marched through the streets of Phnom Penh in a somber farewell parade.
The two men convicted for the murder, Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, are widely believed to be innocent, framed by the Cambodian authorities. The trial of the two men was the subject of a 2007 video documentary by American filmmaker Bradley Cox titled The Plastic Killers. The murder and trial is also the subject of a forthcoming film by Cox and former Cambodia Daily reporter Rich Garella, titled Who Killed Chea Vichea?
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