Cambodia - Reporter shot dead while investigating illegal logging

Reporters without borders

Cambodian journalist Taing Try was shot dead yesterday while investigating illegal logging in the southern province of Kratie with five other journalists. Three suspects have been arrested. A reporter for several local newspapers, Taing Try was shot while in his car. The car of the suspected killer was found 200 metres down the road where he had to abandon it. Reporters Without Borders is appalled by this cold-blooded murder of a journalist who was investigating a sensitive story. (...)

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