16 February 2009
Anak Agung Prabangsa
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Anak Agung Prabangsa, a reporter with the Indonesian-language Radar Bali daily, was found floating off the coast of Bali island's Bias Tugel beach near Padangbai Bay.
The 41-year-old journalist was first reported missing on February 12 by his family and Radar Bali staff members, the day after he left the newspaper's offices. An initial autopsy report cited in news stories showed that Prabangsa sustained head injuries and a broken wrist before his death. The results also showed that he had salt water in his digestive system, indicating that he had been alive when he first entered the water, according Dudut Rustiyadi, the forensic team coordinator at Sanglah General Hospital, where the autopsy was conducted. Radar Bali director Justin Herman told CPJ that two weeks before Prabangsa went missing he had received threatening calls and text messages on his cell phone. It wasn't immediately clear if the threats or his death were related to his reporting as a journalist or personal matters, according to Herman.
