Tou Chhom Mongkol
Year: 1994
Nationality: Cambodia
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Press organization: Antarakum
What's Tou Chhom Mongkol's story?
Mongkol, editor-in-chief of the Khmer-language biweekly Antarakum, died one day after police found him lying unconscious on a Phnom Penh thoroughfare. Prior to Mongkol’s death, Antarakum had carried a number of articles charging government and military officials with corruption, and its offices had been the target of a grenade attack in March.
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