San Samneang had organised a protest over the land in December 2009 when Theth Phary sent 30 workers along with armed police and military personnel to harvest and collect rice from an area of land in Boueng village which she maintained was hers, while local villagers claimed that the land in question belonged to them. However, San Samneang was not involved in the November 2011 event on which the charges are allegedly based.
San Samneang había organizado una protesta sobre este caso en diciembre de 2009, cuando Theth Phary envió a 30 trabajadores junto a policías armados y personal militar a cosechar y recoger arroz en un área de tierras en el poblado de Boueng que ella sostiene le pertenece, mientras que los pobladores de la zona reclaman ser propietarios de esos terrenos.