Court to Summon Witnesses in Journalist’s Killing

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court will soon summon a number of people for questioning in its investigation into the brutal murder of journalist Hang Serei Odom earlier this month, a court official said yesterday. … Former military police Captain An Bunheng and his wife, Sim Vy, were charged with the murder on Sunday. The couple was arrested Thursday after police searched their home, which is also a karaoke parlor, and where they found a blood-soaked blanket that has been sent to Vietnam for testing. … Hang Serei Odom had written a story, published just days before he disappeared, alleging the involvement of a military police official-and the son of the provincial military police commander-in timber smuggling. …