Stringer who reported on logging found dead
A local newspaper stringer who had written about illegal logging was found dead in the back of a car yesterday in Rattanakiri province’s O’Chum district. Hang Serei Oudom, 44, was a stringer for Vorakchun Khmer, or Khmer Hero, newspaper. Police said his body was covered in blood and that he had been there for almost a week. … Rith Ratanak, editor-in-chief of the twice-weekly, said yesterday that Oudom had implicated businessmen in his stories. … Police said they were not jumping to conclusions as to the reason for the murder.
