| 2012 Bavet shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bavet Municipality, Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia |
| Date | 20 February 2012 |
| Target | Striking garment workers |
| Weapons | pistol |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Chhouk Bandith |
The 2012 Bavet shooting was the shooting of three striking garment workers, Keo Near, Buot Chinda and Nuth Sakhorn, in Bavet, Svay Rieng, Cambodia, by then-town governor Chhouk Bandith on February 20, 2012. The shooting and the following court cases received national attention in Cambodia and have been characterised as highlighting the "culture of impunity among Cambodian officials implicated in scandals and the reluctance of Cambodian courts to find justice for the victims of attacks on labour activists."[1]