Tuesday 30 September 2008

Thailand: Journalist reporting on corruption killed in Suphanburi province

IFEX ::
(TJA/IFEX) - The TJA condemns the barbaric killing of "Matichon" newspaper reporter Jaruek Rangcharoen, 46, in Suphanburi province on 27 September 2008. The organisation also condemns those behind the murder.

Jaruek was shot several times in the head while he was buying food at a market on the way to his home at No. 1491 Moo 5, in the Don Chedi Subdistrict of Don Chedi District. The shooting is believed to be linked to his reporting on corruption within the local administrative organization.

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