Rural Cambodians Attack Court Over Land Dispute Jailings

Dozens of protesters in rural Cambodia broke through a gate and tried to push their way into a provincial court, which had detained three villagers in a land dispute in the northeastern part of the country. Khan Kosal, a representative of the land dispute victims in remote Ratanakiri province, which borders Vietnam, told VOA that more than 100 people came to the court on Wednesday to call for the release of their fellow villagers.   "We will not leave the court if the court...

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