Verdict Due in Case of Brutally Slayed Reporter
A verdict in the brutal slaying last year of an investigative journalist in Ratanakkiri province is due to be handed down by the provincial court today following a reinvestigation into the case. Hang Serei Odom, 42, a reporter for the Virakchun Khmer Daily, was found hacked to death, his body stuffed in the trunk of his Toyota Camry, in O’Chum district on September 11. In the months prior to his murder he had written about officials involved in the illegal timber trade. After initial court hearings in April and May this year, a panel of three judges decided that there was a lack of evidence and ordered court President Suos La to conduct a reinvestigation—which has now concluded. … Although the initial investigation concluded that the two were the only suspects, human rights groups and the victim’s family said they believed that others must have at least known about the killing. The murder was condemned by rights groups and the U.N. …
Kuch Naren
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