Journalist beaten to death in K Chhnang

3 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Law and judiciary
Duong Vuthy / Meakea Kampuchea Newspaper / Peam Chhkaok Commune

A local journalist was beaten to death in Kampong Chhnang province’s Cholkiri district on Saturday night in an attack that authorities believe may have been related to his reporting on illegal fishing, police said yesterday. District police officer Tith Reth said that Suon Chan, 44, a reporter for Meakea Kampuchea (Cambodia’s Way) newspaper, was confronted by a group of 10 fishermen as he was leaving his house in Cholkiri district’s Peam Chhkork commune and was beaten unconscious by four of them; he died after being sent for medical treatment. …

 Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
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