Is it just me, or does something sound TERRIBLY wrong with the title of this thread?







PHNOM PENH, October 12, (Khmer Times) – A journalist affiliated with the Khmer Democratic Journalists’ Association was found murdered at around 1:00am on Sunday morning, near Ksem commune, Snoul district in Kratie province.

The victim was identified as Taing Try, 49, who was reportedly arrested in December 2012 amid claims of timber-smuggling activities.

It is believed that the journalist had himself reported timber smuggling offences to local authorities, before being taken into custody.

Taing Try appeared to have died as a result of a gunshot wound near his right eye.

Local police said that their prime suspect is a police officer named Heang who works at Sre Chhuk police post commune, Keo Seima district in Mondolkiri province.

Apparently the suspect’s black Lexus 470 vehicle had overturned near the scene of the killing and the driver had fled.

Taing’s death follows the killing of journalists Chut Wutty and Hang Serei Oudom in April and September 2012, in similar circumstances, while investigating illegal logging activities.

Provincial police are continuing their investigation. Meanwhile the body has been.....

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A 49-year-old journalist reportedly investigating illegal logging in Kratie province was shot dead early Sunday morning. Within hours, police arrested three men—a commune police chief, a military police officer and a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier—for the murder, officials said.

Taing Try, who contributed to several local newspapers, was shot in the forehead at about 1 a.m. in Snuol district’s Khsoem commune after he and five other journalists went to investigate reports of illegal logging, according to Sok Sovann, president of the Khmer Journalist for Democracy Association, of which the slain reporter was a member.

Sa Piseth, editor of the Niseth Khmer newspaper, had been driving with the victim but walked to a farm to find help when their Toyota Camry became stuck on a dirt road, he said.

“My colleague Taing Try was shot with a single bullet to his head and died beside his Camry car,” said Mr. Piseth, who returned to the car to find his friend lying on the road.

About 200 meters down the road lay an overturned Lexus LX470 SUV without license plates, whose driver, police said, flipped the car while attempting to flee the scene.

According to deputy Kratie provincial police chief Oum Phy, the SUV belonged to Ben Hieng, 31, chief of Sre Chhouk commune police in Mondolkiri province’s Keo Seima district. The other two occupants had been Khim Pheakdey, 27, a Phnom Penh military police officer, and the suspected gunman, La Narong, 32, an RCAF soldier in Mondolkiri.

“Provincial police arrested all three one by one today and now all of them have been sent to the Kratie provincial police station and will be sent to the court,” Mr. Phy said.

He said the men all confessed to taking part in the murder during questioning, but that their motives were still being investigated.

According to the victim’s colleagues, the six reporters paired off in three cars to investigate a warehouse owned by Chhun Phoeun, the brother of deputy Snuol district military police chief Chhun Khoeun, when they heard that oxcarts had been transporting luxury wood there under the cover of darkness.

But when the reporters arrived at the warehouse, one of them received a phone call from Mr. Khoeun ordering them to return home and claiming the “goods” belonged to him, according to Mr. Piseth and others in the group.

Rights groups and media watchdogs were quick to condemn Taing Try’s murder Sunday, which follows the 2012 slaying of Virakchun Khmer newspaper reporter Hang Serei Oudom in Rattanakiri province, who was also investigating timber smuggling, and environmental activist Chut Wutty, who was shot dead the same year in Koh Kong province.

“This cold-blooded killing shows again just how dangerous Cambodia is for journalists, especially those who investigate wrongdoing about the country’s land and forests,” said Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division.

“The police have to conduct a professional and impartial investigation of his murder, and the government must commit to end the impunity that attackers of news reporters far too often enjoy.”

The Cambodian Center for Independent Media and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance called for prosecution of those responsible.

“[We] call on local authorities to take swift action to bring Mr. Tri’s [sic] killers to justice and to end the cycle of impunity for those who perpetuate violence against journalists in Cambodia,” a joint statement said.

There have been a number of threats in recent months directed at reporters covering illegal logging. In April, the Club of Cambodian Journalists issued a statement expressing concern that three journalists in Preah Vihear, Pursat and Kompong Cham provinces were harassed. And in June, a reporter from the Kapit local newspaper in Pursat alleged that an RCAF soldier threatened to kill him over stories linking him to illegal rosewood smuggling.

Moeun Chhean Nariddh, director of the Cambodia Institute for Media Studies, said there are many freelance reporters based in the provinces who investigate illegal activity and often work independently, which can leave them vulnerable.

Mr. Nariddh said that while some reporters in the provinces, often unsalaried, are tempted to betray their journalistic ethics and profit from the information they dig up, journalists who refuse to be bought off run the real risk of being framed—or attacked—when they uncover a crime.

Taing Try was arrested for extortion in 2010 and.....

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Quite a bold and brave headline, I'd say. The editor of that publication better watch his back, though.

Reports from Kratie evening on 12 October 2014, said the killing journalist killed in Province police have arrested suspects in 4 people to work question.

Sources said that after the limit has already targeted enforcement dotdaidotcheung seeking suspects named and Heang and his accomplices 2 others. 4 now suspects being prosecutor for questioning.

Should be recalled that since Tri, a journalist in the province are loggers shot overnight breakthrough on 12 October 2014. The victim was shot in the head while riding in a car. The incident happened on the road, broke into the village commune Tuol Punley khsau District. After killing the victims and the perpetrators had fled.

Inspector District, told CEN that the victims named Tri Journalist Association Khmer democracy. Perpetrators fired a street victims.

The report said that before Carmel and friends of the victims, including the bus to transport traders act at the book commune khsaoe District. When in the boss called "negotiations" and war culminates in the shooting. After shooting dead offenders bus Luxembourg 470 black fled but about 500 meters from the scene of a car flipped. Perpetrators fled away.

Man named Sith bus with victims, police are questioning.

Ouch far police District Commander told CEN that the authorities are working on research and has already targeted.

Reports from the province, said that loggers who shot journalist was suspected Mondulkiri Heang, a police officer who now escape. The police also arrested the driver a car pickup for carrying Heang taken for questioning.

សេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍​ពី​ខេត្តក្រចេះ នា​ល្ងាច​ថ្ងៃទី​១២ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹងថា ករណី​បាញ់សម្លាប់​អ្នកកាសែត​ម្នាក់​ស្លាប់ នៅ​ខេត្តក្រចេះ សមត្ថកិច្ច​បានធ្វើការ​ឃាត់ខ្លួន​ជនសង្ស័យ​ចំនួន ៤​នាក់ យកមក​ធ្វើការ​សាកសួរ​។​

​ប្រភព​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹងថា ក្រោយពី​កំណត់​បាន​នូវ​មុខសញ្ញា​រួចមក សមត្ថកិច្ច​ដុតដៃដុតជើង ស្វែង​ចាប់ខ្លួន​ជនសង្ស័យ​មានឈ្មោះ រស់ និង​ឈ្មោះ ហៀ​ង ព្រមទាំង​បក្ខពួក ២​នាក់​ទៀត​។ នៅពេលនេះ ជនសង្ស័យ​ទាំង ៤​នាក់ កំពុង​ត្រូវបាន​ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា​ធ្វើការ​សាកសួរ​។​

​សូម​រម្លឹកថា លោក តាំង ទ្រី អ្នកកាសែត មួយរូប នៅ ខេត្តក្រចេះ ត្រូវបាន ឈ្មួញ ឈើ បាញ់សម្លាប់ កាលពី រំលង អា ធ្រា ត ឈានចូល ថ្ងៃទី ១២ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៤ ។ ជនរងគ្រោះ ត្រូវ បាញ់ ចំក្បាល ខណៈពេលដែល ជិះ ក្នុង រថយន្ត ។ ហេតុការណ៍ នេះ បានកើត ឡើង នៅលើ ផ្លូវជាតិ កាច់ ទៅ ភូមិ ទួល ពន្លៃ ឃុំ ឃ្សឹ ម ស្រុក ស្នួល ។ បន្ទាប់ បាញ់សម្លាប់ ជនរងគ្រោះ រួច ជនល្មើស បាន គេចខ្លួនបាត់ ។

​លោក អធិការ ស្រុក ស្នួល បាន ប្រាប់ គេហទំព័រ CEN ថា ជនរងគ្រោះ មានឈ្មោះ តាំង ទ្រី ស្ថិតនៅ សមាគម អ្នក សារ ព័ ត៍ មាន ខ្មែរ ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ។ ជនល្មើស បាន បាញ់ មួយ គ្រាប់ ចំ ចិញ្ចើម ជនរងគ្រោះ ។

​សេចក្តីរាយការណ៍ បានអោយដឹងថា នៅមុន ពេល កើ ហេតុ ជនរងគ្រោះ និង មិត្ត ភក្តិ រួមការ ងារ បាន ជិះឡាន ទៅ មើល ក្រុម ឈ្មួញ ធ្វើ សកម្មភាព ដឹកជញ្ជូន ឈើ នៅ ចំណុច ជួរ ក្រាំង ឃុំ ខ្សឹ ម ស្រុក ស្នួល ។ នៅពេល ទៅដល់ ថៅកែ ឈើ បាន ហៅ “ ចរចា ” ហើយក៏ មានការ ប្រទាញប្រទង់ គ្នា រហូត ឈានដល់ ការផ្ទុះអាវុធ ។ បន្ទាប់ពី បាញ់ ស្លាប់ រួច ជនល្មើស បាន ជិះឡាន លុច ស៊ី ស ៤៧០ ពណ៌ ខ្មៅ គេចខ្លួន តែបើ កបាន ប្រមាណ ៥០០ ម៉ែត្រ ពី កន្លែងកើតហេតុ ឡាន ក៏ ក្រឡាប់ ។​ជនល្មើស ក៏ រត់គេចខ្លួន បាត់ទៅ ។

​បុរស ម្នាក់ ឈ្មោះ សាត សិ ដ្ឋ ដែល ជិះឡាន ជាមួយ ជនរងគ្រោះ សមត្ថកិច្ច កំពុងតែធ្វើការ សាកសួរ ។​

​លោក អ៊ុ​ល ឆាយ មេបញ្ជាការ​អាវុធហត្ថ​ស្រុក​ស្នួល បាន​ប្រាប់ CEN ថា សមត្ថកិច្ច​កំពុងដំណើរការ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ និង​បានកំណត់​មុខសញ្ញា​រួចហើយ​។​

​សេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍​នានា​ពី​ខេត្តក្រចេះ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ដែរ​ថា ឈ្មួញ​ឈើ​ដែល​បាន​បាញ់សម្លាប់​អ្នកកាសែត​នោះ​ត្រូវបាន​គេ​សង្ស័យ​ទៅលើ ឈ្មោះ ហៀ​ង ជា​មន្ត្រីប៉ូលិស​ខេត្តមណ្ឌលគិរី ដែល​ឥឡូវនេះ​កំពុង​រត់គេចខ្លួន​។ ដោយឡែក​សមត្ថកិច្ច ក៏បាន​ធ្វើការ​ឃាត់ខ្លួន​អ្នកបើកបរ​រថយន្ដ​មួយ​បាំង​កន្លះ សម្រាប់​ដឹកឈើ ឲ្យ​ឈ្មោះ ហៀ​ង យកមក​ធ្វើការ​សាកសួរ​៕​

http://www.cen.com.kh

However, Sovann – who said that he had intervened on Try’s behalf in the 2012 case – said yesterday that Try wasn’t well liked in the province, though not for his tenacious reporting. The journalist had a reputation for “negotiating” with the subjects of unflattering stories, Sovann said, declining to elaborate on what that entailed.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/j ... led-kratie

Sounds like it wasn't a huge loss.

MekongMouse wrote:

However, Sovann – who said that he had intervened on Try’s behalf in the 2012 case – said yesterday that Try wasn’t well liked in the province, though not for his tenacious reporting. The journalist had a reputation for “negotiating” with the subjects of unflattering stories, Sovann said, declining to elaborate on what that entailed.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/j ... led-kratie

Sounds like it wasn't a huge loss.

Good one! Seems the western news outlets are starting to run it now.





A journalist was fatally shot early yesterday morning in Kratie province while investigating illegal logging near the border with Mondulkiri province, leading police to detain four people for questioning yesterday afternoon.

The reporter, Taing Try, 48, was employed by the Khmer Journalists Democracy (KJD), an independent publishing network. In 2012, however, he faced charges in Kratie for allegedly extorting luxury wood from a man he accused of being involved in the illegal timber trade.

Though that charge was ultimately dropped, one police officer said yesterday that he had seemingly continued the practice and ultimately paid for it with his life.

Try was travelling with eight other journalists in three cars late on Saturday night when they came upon several ox carts loaded with wood and led by a timber trader identified by KJD president Sok Sovann as a man named Hieng, whom he alleged was a police officer in Mondulkiri’s Keo Seima district.

Hieng allegedly shot Try while the reporter’s car was stuck in mud on the road, Sovann said.

After carrying out the shooting, he added, the attacker got back into his Lexus and drove off; however, he flipped his car and had to escape on foot after climbing out through the window.

Another journalist in the car with Try, San Sith, managed to escape unharmed, Sovann said. Others were also unscathed.

“A police officer in Sre Chhouk commune in Keo Seima district, named Hieng, who shot Try, is a timber trader,” Sovann claimed. “For a long time, only people in positions of power were in the timber trade because ordinary people did not dare to compete with them.”

However, Sovann – who said that he had intervened on Try’s behalf in the 2012 case – said yesterday that Try wasn’t well liked in the province, though not for his tenacious reporting. The journalist had a reputation for “negotiating” with the subjects of unflattering stories, Sovann said, declining to elaborate on what that entailed.

Four suspects were arrested and were being questioned at Kratie Provincial Court yesterday afternoon, according to provincial prosecutor Ty Sovinthal.

“Now we have arrested four suspects who we believe were involved in the shooting,” Sovinthal said. “Two of them committed the crime and have a gun and own a car.”

Sovinthal declined to name the suspects yesterday, but a police officer in Snuol district, who declined to be named because of the ongoing court proceedings, said that police had identified the suspect as a military police officer from Mondulkiri’s Sre Chhouk commune.

The police officer said Try may have been in business with the shooter, but did not provide any evidence to support this.

“[Try] was called [by the suspect] to get money and he was shot at the scene. After the shooting, a car belonging to the shooter was left at the scene turned upside down,” he said.

Snuol district police chief, Chan Soktim, and the district military police chief, Ul Chhay, declined to comment.

“We suspect that this murder was planned a few days ago as [Try] tipped off the district prosecutor to confiscate timber [from the loggers],” he said.

Heng Phearak, provincial investigator for rights group Adhoc, said the group’s preliminary investigation had found that Try had been killed after arguing with a timber dealer.

“Based on the initial investigation, we found that he went to cover forest crimes and the timber businessman was angry with him and shot him,” he said.

The killing and abuse of journalists under murky circumstances is not unheard of in Cambodia, and rights groups yesterday moved to condemn yesterday’s shooting as well.

“Journalists reporting on sensitive environmental issues, especially the rampant illegal logging trade, are all too frequently targeted with reprisals in Cambodia,” said Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s Southeast Asia representative, who called on Try’s killers to be brought to justice.

Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division, called on the government to commit to end impunity for the perpetrators of violence against journalists like Try and Hang Serei Oudom, who was found dead.....

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I feel like this will be a pretty big mess in the intentional press.

Goes well with the story about the couple that were murdered on the Thai island of Koh Tao, which they have found scapegoats for that are denying it and looks like they are covering up for people connected to the police.

ASEAN will be fun.

A 49-year-old journalist reportedly investigating illegal logging in Kratie province was shot dead early Sunday morning. Within hours, police arrested three men—a commune police chief, a military police officer and a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier—for the murder, officials said.

Taing Try, who contributed to several local newspapers, was shot in the forehead at about 1 a.m. in Snuol district’s Khsoem commune after he and five other journalists went to investigate reports of illegal logging, according to Sok Sovann, president of the Khmer Journalist for Democracy Association, of which the slain reporter was a member.

Sa Piseth, editor of the Niseth Khmer newspaper, had been driving with the victim but walked to a farm to find help when their Toyota Camry became stuck on a dirt road, he said.

“My colleague Taing Try was shot with a single bullet in his head and died beside his Camry car,” said Mr. Piseth, who returned to the car to find his friend lying on the road.

About 200 meters down the road lay an overturned Lexus LX470 SUV without license plates, whose driver, police said, flipped the car while attempting to flee the scene.

According to deputy Kratie provincial police chief Oum Phy, the SUV belonged to Ben Hieng, 31, chief of Sre Chhouk commune police in Mondolkiri province’s Keo Seima district. The other two occupants had been Khim Pheakdey, 27, a Phnom Penh military police officer, and the suspected gunman, La Narong, 32, an RCAF soldier in Mondolkiri.

“Provincial police arrested all three one by one today and now all of them have been sent to the Kratie provincial police station and will be sent to the court,” Mr. Phy said.

He said the men all confessed to taking part in the murder during questioning, but that their motives were still being investigated.

According to the victim’s colleagues, the six reporters paired off in three cars to investigate a warehouse owned by Chhun Phoeun, the brother of deputy Snuol district military police chief Chhun Khoeun, when they heard that oxcarts had been transporting luxury wood there under the cover of darkness.

But when the reporters arrived at the warehouse, one of them received a phone call from Mr. Khoeun ordering them to return home and claiming the “goods” belonged to him, according to Mr. Piseth and others in the group.

Rights groups and media watchdogs were quick to condemn Taing Try’s murder Sunday, which follows the 2012 slaying of Virakchun Khmer newspaper reporter Hang Serei Oudom in Rattanakiri province, who was also investigating timber smuggling, and environmental activist Chut Wutty, who was shot dead the same year in Koh Kong province.

“This cold-blooded killing shows again just how dangerous Cambodia is for journalists, especially those who investigate wrongdoing about the country’s land and forests,” said Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division.

“The police have to conduct a professional and impartial investigation of his murder, and the government must commit to end the impunity that attackers of news reporters far too often enjoy.”

The Cambodian Center for Independent Media and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance called for prosecution of those responsible.

“[We] call on local authorities to take swift action to bring Mr. Tri’s [sic] killers to justice and to end the cycle of impunity for those who perpetuate violence against journalists in Cambodia,” a joint statement said.

There have been a number of threats in recent months directed at reporters covering illegal logging. In April, the Club of Cambodian Journalists issued a statement expressing concern that three journalists in Preah Vihear, Pursat and Kompong Cham provinces were harassed. And in June, a reporter from the Kapit local newspaper in Pursat alleged that an RCAF soldier threatened to kill him over.....

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General Mackevili wrote:was employed by the Khmer Journalists Democracy (KJD), an independent publishing network.

independent ?
actually built and backed by the US NGO crooks to sneak and interfere in khmer affairs.

General Mackevili wrote:I feel like this will be a pretty big mess in the intentional press.

no, these are small things that nobody in the mainstream would even bother to read.
at best, a one liner on BBC ...

to make a blast on the western medias you need something big, like the coup in thailand or the Bali bombings years ago.
either that or it's just not newsworthy.