Great article about Who Killed Chea Vichea? published in The Phnom Penh Post today!

CHEA Vichea spent the morning playing with his daughter, studying his Khmer-English dictionary and plucking his moustache before deciding to leave his Phnom Penh home and pick up a copy of the day’s newspaper.

“I watched him from the balcony as he left,” Chea Vichea’s wife, Chea Kimny, tells director Bradley Cox. “I got up and went to the kitchen. Suddenly, I felt like something kicked me in the chest.”

Cox arrived at the newsstand outside Chamkarmon district’s Wat Lanka just minutes after Chea Vichea was gunned down on January 22, 2004, and his footage from the scene makes for some of the most powerful moments of his new documentary, Who Killed Chea Vichea? ...

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Chea Vichea Film Prompts Questions in US
By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer

Who killed Chea Vichea? The question remains unanswered not just for the man’s family but also American audiences who attended the premiere last weekend of a vivid film about Cambodia’s politics and the slain union leader’s struggle for labor rights. ...

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From Jim Luce's interview of Cambodian member of parliament Mu Sochua in The Huffington Post:

... Who Killed Chea Vichea? will premiere March 27 at the Frederick Film Festival in Maryland. Chea was shot in broad daylight by assassins, but the government arrested two other men and imprisoned them for their supposed crime.

I was given a private screening of this moving film by its director Bradley Cox and will write its review shortly. Images of Buddhist priests crying as they watch the funeral procession are haunting.

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Who Killed Chea Vichea? director Bradley Cox comments on the United Nations' call for the Cambodian government to drop the charges against Born Samnnang and Sok Sam Oeun.

Interviewed by ABC Austrialia's Liam Cochrane on August 21, 2009.

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Documentary Probes Chea Vichea’s Murder

From the English-language version of VoA's radio interview in Khmer:

“Who Killed Chea Vichea?,” a new documentary from filmmaker Bradley Cox, screened in Rhode Island last week. ...Rights groups have welcomed the film, claiming it sheds light on the innocence of the two men and the shortage of independence within the court system.

“Evidence in the video will show better that neither of the accused were Chea Vichea’s killers in 2004,” Om Samath, a rights investigator for Licadho who has been following the case, told VOA Khmer last week. “This is a good thing that will push the Appeals Court to seriously look into the case and hopefully be able to bring the real killer for prosecution and give justice to the victims.”

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From the French- and English-language publication Ka-Set:

Film-maker Bradley Cox tackles the mystery surrounding the murder of Cambodian unionist Chea Vichea
By Stéphanie Gée, Jan 19, 2009

January 22nd will mark the 5th anniversary of the assassination of charismatic trade unionist Chea Vichea. Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, for their part, only just dodged their fate of yet spending another day behind bars. Both men were convicted of murder and condemned to spend 20 years in jail, but the highly unpopular verdict of their guilt left many unsatisfied. Lack of credible evidence... Trial marred with irregularities... On December 31st 2008, the Supreme Court ruled, much to the amazement of the audience and many, their release on bail.

The American film-maker Bradley Cox took a deep interest in the case at its beginnings and set out to lead his own parallel investigation. For four years, he tracked down witnesses and clues and eventually put together a dossier in the form of the thriller-like documentary film “Who Killed Chea Vichea”, due for release this year and for which the film-maker still seeks financing. Bradley Cox gave an interview for Ka-set in Phnom Penh.

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The director of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?," Bradley Cox, was interviewed by Sen Lam of ABC Radio Australia about the upcoming Cambodian Supreme court review of case in which Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun were convicted of Vichea's murder.

There are "way too many reasons to think that they are innocent," Cox says, "and so far the Municipal Court and the Appeals Court have decided to ignore those reasons. And I guess what people are hoping is that when it does reach the Supreme Court, that they will for the first time look seriously at some of the evidence that shows that they are innocent."

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During IDFA, Brad was interviewed by Cor Speksnijder of de Volkskrant, Netherlands' leading quality newspaper, for an article that came out on November 29.


Read "The Real Killer Has Long Been Silenced" in the original Dutch or in English translation. (You have to love these Google translations. "Anyone who has met the tractor will never be found." Indeed!)

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A second Radio Free Asia interview with Brad came out today on their web site, presumably broadcast in Cambodia as well. It's dubbed in Khmer.

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Radio Free Asia interviews Bradley Cox, the director of Who Killed Chea Vichea? Read Part 1 and Part 2 (in Khmer only).

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Bradley Cox is interviewed by Cynthia Turner in Cynopsis Weekender: "Cambodia is a bit of a revolving door, with people always on the move, so friends tend to come and go. Mostly go. Shooting politically-themed documentaries also gives me access to a wide range of colorful characters, some brave and forthright, some slimy and some slimier. However, due to the sensitive nature of politics here, it's easy to run into trouble..." Read the full text (scroll down the page).

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