Veteran Cambodian journalist Chhoeung Chheng, 63, died of gunshot wounds on Dec. 7, two days after he was attacked while riding his motorbike to cover a forest clearing operation in this country’s northwest.
Doctors at Siem Reap Provincial Hospital removed a bullet from his abdomen after he was shot with a homemade gun about 6pm on Dec. 4, near the Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuary, in Chik Reang district of Siem Reap province.
But colleagues said he had succumbed to his wounds at 2am on Dec. 7. A statement by the Siem Reap Provincial Administration said one suspect, 40-year-old Si Loeuy, has been arrested and had confessed to the shooting while under interrogation by local police.
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