7/12/2008
Agence France-Presse
PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian journalist and his son were shot dead as they left a sports stadium in the capital Phnom Penh, police said Saturday.
Khim Sambo, 47, died in hospital Friday evening soon after being shot twice in the back by unknown gunmen, Phnom Penh's police chief Touch Naruth said.
His 22-year-old son Khat Sarin Theada was shot once in the chest and died later, he added.
"They were shot to death after they finished exercising at the Olympic Stadium," Touch Naruth said.
"Witnesses said it was over some sort of dispute, but we are still looking for the murderers," he told AFP.
Khim Sambo had been working for daily Khmer-language Moneakseka Khmer (Khmer Conscience), a newspaper allied to the government's opposition leader Sam Rainsy, since 1997.
He usually covered social affairs rather than politics, the newspaper's publisher Dam Sith said.
Dam Sith was recently charged for printing allegations that Cambodia's foreign minister had ties to the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime.
The charge was later dropped.
The deadly attack took place as Cambodia kicked off a month of campaigning for its July 27 general election.
Human rights activists said the killing could affect voters.
"The killing sends a negative message ... if the case is not immediately solved it will makes voters fearful of the upcoming election," said Kek Galabru, president of local human rights group Licadho.
Eleven political parties will run in this year's election.
Prime Minster Hun Sen -- one of the longest-serving leaders in Southeast Asia with 23 years in power -- and his ruling Cambodian People's Party are widely expected to win the poll.
Khim Sambo, 47, died in hospital Friday evening soon after being shot twice in the back by unknown gunmen, Phnom Penh's police chief Touch Naruth said.
His 22-year-old son Khat Sarin Theada was shot once in the chest and died later, he added.
"They were shot to death after they finished exercising at the Olympic Stadium," Touch Naruth said.
"Witnesses said it was over some sort of dispute, but we are still looking for the murderers," he told AFP.
Khim Sambo had been working for daily Khmer-language Moneakseka Khmer (Khmer Conscience), a newspaper allied to the government's opposition leader Sam Rainsy, since 1997.
He usually covered social affairs rather than politics, the newspaper's publisher Dam Sith said.
Dam Sith was recently charged for printing allegations that Cambodia's foreign minister had ties to the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime.
The charge was later dropped.
The deadly attack took place as Cambodia kicked off a month of campaigning for its July 27 general election.
Human rights activists said the killing could affect voters.
"The killing sends a negative message ... if the case is not immediately solved it will makes voters fearful of the upcoming election," said Kek Galabru, president of local human rights group Licadho.
Eleven political parties will run in this year's election.
Prime Minster Hun Sen -- one of the longest-serving leaders in Southeast Asia with 23 years in power -- and his ruling Cambodian People's Party are widely expected to win the poll.
11 comments:
"Prime Minster Hun Sen -- one of the longest-serving leaders in Southeast Asia with 23 years in power -- and his ruling Cambodian People's Party are widely expected to win the poll." BY CHEATING.
Please Sleep well the killers and their Master!
We know who you are. But you are just disgusted animals!
PM hun sen, longest and most currupted government in southeast asia.
He is writing his own history in the forever shame, "thick skin" monkey face.
Hun Sen some day somebody will kill you and your whole family.
History always repeat itself.
hun sen is cartoon god in kambdoi.when hun sen wants rain ,it's rain.
@#@@F*#!@@#)^#!. What a country!
Stay away from Cambodia.The political killing is in progress.
Yes, and especially when you are involve in a conspiracy to steal the temple from Khmer people in Issan Province.
It's a shame, a son had to die as a result of his father speaking the truth and trying to make his countrymen more informed.
I dunno, Hun Xen talks shit about everything and everyone and criticizes anything. Perhaps he should be shot as well. It's only fair right?
Damn, these CPP motherf***ers don't get what it means to be in politics. Politicians around the world all get criticize when they aren't performing their duties correctly. Hun Xen and his little CPP bitches should learn to be men and take some criticism instead of being a bunch of little girls hiding behind the barrel of a gun.
That is no douth those are the Khmer Rouge method and Vietcong. In fact, the VietCong shadow stand always behind the the CPP, without the shadow force cpp will never exist till now. The problem of Khmer is that they forget their history very quickly and the young has no this history. Khmer farmer
Bon voyage to srok Norouk tuv Ah Jau Masseert!
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