Cambodian journalist shot while investigating illegal logging dies


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PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian journalist died on Saturday (Dec 7) after he was shot this week while investigating illegal logging in the country's northwest, police said.

Chhoeung Chheung, 63, who worked for local news outlet Kampuchea Aphivath, was shot in the abdomen with a homemade weapon on Wednesday evening in a forest in Siem Reap province, provincial police chief Huoth Sothy told AFP.

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