Court Questions Officials Over Slain Journalist

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned four people- including a military police official and a police officer- in relation to the killing of journalist Hang Serei Odom, whose body was discovered hacked to death last month in the trunk of his car,a court official and a rights worker said.

Investigating Judge Luch Lao said that he had summoned a total of 12 people to appear as witnesses this week, in a case in which former military police official An Bunheng and his wife, Sim Vy, have been charged with murder. …