Politics ‘behind journo deaths’
Twelve journalists have been killed in Cambodia since 1993, according to a report from the rights group Adhoc, which believes much of the bloodshed was politically motivated. The body count was included in a round-up of abuses against the media in a report the group released on Wednesday. … Members of the media had also been killed or threatened for daring to probe government corruption, deforestation and the illegal sale of natural resources, he said. In recent years, fatal violence has ebbed and lawsuits that put journalists in prison have risen. …
