Ratanakkiri reporter alleges illegal logging assault
A reporter from Cheat Sachak newspaper in Ratanakkiri province filed a complaint to provincial military police and rights group Adhoc on Monday, claiming he had been beaten by a group of illegal loggers to stop him from reporting on their activities.
Phon Bun Thoen, 53, said in his complaint that he went to cover illegal logging in Stung Treng’s Sesan district bordering Ratanakkiri province on Saturday, and on his way back he was accosted by seven men he believed to be illegal loggers. …
