A Young Khmer-Krom Woman Died Two Year after Got Beating up by the Vietnamese Police

On Saturday, September 25, 2010, a young Khmer-Krom woman, Neang Savong, who used to lead the Khmer-Krom farmers to demand returning confiscated farmlands, passed away.

In 2008, Mrs. Neang Savong led a group of Khmer-Krom farmers in An Cu village, Tinh Bien district, An Giang province to demand the Vietnamese authorities to return their confiscated farmlands. During their peaceful protest, the Vietnamese authority sent Vietnamese Polices using arm forces to disperse the protest. Vietnamese polices used electric baton to beat her and made her became unconscious for one day. Since then, she had become ill and passed away on September 25, 2010.

In an interview with VOKK, her father, Mr. Chau Inn, told VOKK that because of his daughter helped the Khmer-Krom farmers to demand returning confiscated farmlands, that is why his daughter was the main target to be attacked by the Vietnamese polices. When she was sick, she was discriminated and ignored for her treatment at the Vietnamese hospitals in Prey Nokor (Sai Gon) City and in Tri Ton town in Tri Ton district.

On Saturday, September 25, 2010, a young Khmer-Krom woman, Neang Savong, who used to lead the Khmer-Krom farmers to demand returning confiscated farmlands, passed away. In 2008, Mrs. Neang Savong led a group of Khmer-Krom farmers in An Cu village, Tinh Bien district, An Giang province to demand the Vietnamese authorities to return their confiscated farmlands. During their peaceful protest, the Vietnamese authority sent Vietnamese Polices using arm forces to disperse the protest. Vietnamese polices used electric baton to beat her and made her became unconscious for one day. Since then, she had become ill and passed away on September 25, 2010. In an interview with VOKK, her father, Mr. Chau Inn, told VOKK that because of his daughter helped the Khmer-Krom farmers to demand returning confiscated farmlands, that is why his daughter was the main target to be attacked by the Vietnamese polices. When she was sick, she was discriminated and ignored for her treatment at the Vietnamese hospitals in Prey Nokor (Sai Gon) City and in Tri Ton town in Tri Ton district.