05 October 2008
Wallop Bounsampop
Shooting
Wallop Bounsampop, editor-in-chief of "Den Siam", a local newspaper based in Chonburi province (south of Bangkok), was murdered on 5 October 2008.
The motive is not yet known but some of his articles on local politics had earned him enemies. Wallop, 52, was helping his wife in a restaurant in his village when two men on a motorcycle fired five shots at him, hitting him twice in the head and killing him instantly. Wallop's murder could be linked to his articles on local politics, which had caused controversy. He was an active member of his district council and he had criticised some of his opponents in articles about local elections due to take place next month.
