Fearful Villagers Flee Shots in the Night
By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original re****t from Phnom Penh
10 March 2008
About 50 Villagers returned to their homes on the border of two
districts in Battambang province Monday morning, after spending one to
two days away for fear of fighting between local police and former
Khmer Rogue soldiers.
Villagers who heard signs of violence on the nights of March 7, 8 and
9, told VOA Khmer they ran because they feared a land dispute was
leading to armed conflict.
Mei Sandab, a villager from Banan and worker for the Cambodian Center
for Human Rights, said Monday more than 10 villagers fled their home
village to spend the night elsewhere.
Authorities could not confirm Monday whether the former Khmer Rouge
were armed.
