Officer, Wife Charged with Journalist’s Murder
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday charged a military police captain and his wife with the murder of journalist Hang Serei Odom, officials said. Hang Serei Odom, who worked for the Virakchun Khmer Daily newspaper, was found dead in the trunk of his car on Tuesday. He had been hacked to death. The week before, Hang Serei Odom had reported on the alleged involvement of military police in the province’s illegal timber trade. … Police say they have found bloodied items at the suspects’ property, along with records of a call from Mr. [An] Bunheng’s [the suspect] mobile phone to the reporter’s phone at about the time he went missing. …
