Hours before Chut Wutty was gunned down, I asked him: “Are you happy?” The Cambodian forestry activist paused, visibly unsure how to answer as he steered his Toyota Land Cruiser along the rough forest road. He finally swallowed and replied: “I like to accomplish things. But I live a hard life.” He blinked and turned away from me. A rock on the road shook the vehicle. The stereo belted out an old top-40 hit, the Scorpions’ 1990 power ballad “Wind of Change.” Abashed, I said nothing. I was a mere tourist in Wutty’s perilous world.
read more at: Death of a Forester - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
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