A/HRC/4/95 page 13 eye-witness and other accounts. Chuor Chetharith, a journalist for Ta Prohm radio station, affiliated to Funcinpec, was shot dead on the morning of 18 October 2003 as he arrived for work. No arrests have been made. The Ministry of the Interior has said that the case is under continuing investigation. Three days later, on the morning of 21 October, Touch Srey Nich, a popular singer was shot three times at close range. Her mother was also shot and died later in hospital. According to witnesses, four men on two motorcycles were involved. Touch Srey Nich survived but remains paralyzed. She and family members were resettled in the United States in January 2005. No arrests have been made and the police have failed to identify any suspects. 39. Longstanding cases of concern that remain unresolved and that the Ministry of the Interior has informed the office remain under continuing investigation include grenade attacks against the Sonn Sann faction of the Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party on 30 September 1995, the grenade attack of 30 March 1997 against a peaceful demonstration in Phnom Penh, during which at least 14 people were killed and over 100 people injured, and the murder of Ho Sok, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Interior and a senior member of Funcinpec, who was shot dead on 8 July 1997 at the Ministry of the Interior following his arrest the previous day. 40. The office has also continued to follow the case of Eath Oeurn, a farmer from Prey Veng province who was arrested on 26 July 2001 on suspicion of buffalo theft and died three days later after detention in three separate police stations. His wife and daughter, who saw him before he died, said he had bruises over his body and face, had lost two teeth, and was vomiting blood. The office requested the Director-General of National Police to undertake an investigation. The investigation report concluded he had died from illness, serious abdominal pain, vomiting and excessive “coining” - a traditional healing method that employs the use of coins which leave marks. His family was not interviewed during the investigation. The Prey Veng provincial court charged two policemen with voluntary manslaughter in February 2002, and another in July 2002. However, the trial has since been postponed on several occasions. The accused have been transferred to other districts, and remain free pending trial. At the time of finalizing this report, the office was informed that the court will hear the case at the end of January 2007. E. Land and livelihoods 41. The office in Cambodia examined key factors affecting people’s access to land and sources of livelihoods, focusing on the granting and impact of economic land concessions, and land alienation faced by Cambodia’s indigenous peoples. In doing so, it reviewed laws and regulations pertaining to land use and management, including the 2001 Land Law and related sub-decrees. Particular attention was paid to laws and regulations relating to economic land concessions and the registration of indigenous land. 42. The office monitored the granting of economic land concessions to assess compliance with the prescribed framework and procedures, and impacts on local populations. It is concerned about the negative effects of economic land concessions on local communities, including deforestation, loss of access to non-timber forest products, loss of grazing land for livestock, and loss of rice fields and farmland with resulting food shortages. Affected communities also expressed concern about the failure to consult with them prior to the granting of concessions, and about intimidation encountered when advocating for their rights to land.