Journalist Murdered in Ratanakkiri
A Cambodian journalist, who reported on forest crimes in Ratanakkiri province for a little-known newspaper, was found murdered in the trunk of his car yesterday, police said. Hang Serei Odom, 42, a journalist at the Khmer-language Virakchun Khmer Daily, had been missing since Sunday, when he left his home in Banlung City, telling his family he would only be gone for a short time, said Song Bunthanorm, provincial serious crimes police chief. … “The body was chopped twice with an ax- on the back of the head and the forehead,” he said, adding that police suspect at least two people were involved in the killing. … In his final story for the newspaper on September 6, Hang Serei Odom alleged that the son of the provincial Military Police commander was involved in the illegal timber trade. …
