Family members left Friday morning from downtown Koh Kong to the Bak Klong commune, in Mondol Seima district where Chut Wutty was shot to death, to commemorate his death.
During the vigil, attended by eight family members and human rights activists, two monks chanted for the blessings of Chut Wutty, President of the National Resource Protection Group.
"It was a year ago, but my family and I are still living in fear and unsatisfied because the murderer hasn’t been arrested yet," Chhoeuy Oudomraksmey, 20, said, at the commemoration ceremony.
After his death, the government had created an inquiry group to investigate the case, but the case was later closed by Koh Kong Provincial Court, stating that Chut Wutty's killer was also shot and killed at a scene.
"I appeal to the government to re-open the investigation to arrest the assassin," Oudomraksmey, Chut Wutty's son, said. "This criminal case should not be closed."
He also asked government and other related officials to work together to protect the rainforest and other natural resources.
Chut Wutty was shot and killed in April of last year in his vehicle when he was about to leave after guiding two reporters from The Cambodia Daily to examine and take photos of settlement of Timber Green area.
A military police officer in Rattana, who was believed to have killed him, was also shot to death at the scene.
Later in October Koh Kong Provincial Court charged Ran Borath, Timber Green security guard, for unintentionally killing the officer In Rattana, and sentenced him to two years in prison.
But in late October, the court suspended the sentence and released him after serving only six months.
