A Cambodian journalist has died of a bullet wound after being shot while covering illegal logging in this country’s remote northwest, sparking an outcry among press freedom groups, though authorities were quick to blame the murder on a personal dispute.
Chhoeung Chheng worked for the online publication Kampuchea Aphivath, also known as the Cambodia Development News. His editor, Run Sareth, told The Diplomat that the alleged assailant was a “known illegal logger” and pulled the trigger after “he became angry.”
Police and authorities in Siem Reap province said Chhoeung Chheng, 63, was shot in the abdomen with a homemade gun around 6 p.m. on December 4, while riding a motorbike near Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuary. Doctors removed a bullet but he succumbed to his wounds at 2 a.m. on December 7.
In full: https://thediplomat.com/2024/12/cambodian-journalist-killed-while-covering-illegal-logging/
