Asia Sentinel's editor-in-chief John Berthelsen won first prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting at the annual Society of Publishers in Asia journalism awards in Hong Kong on Thursday.
The award was for a series of pieces on the brutal murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a young Mongolian woman slain in Kuala Lumpur in 2006 by two bodyguards assigned to now-Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's office.
Berthelsen’s stories linked the crime to Malaysian defense procurement irregularities, a bribery investigation in France and a court case that saw the two bodyguards convicted of murder but no higher-ups implicated in ordering the death of the 28 year old woman, who was pregnant at the time and had been romantically linked to a close friend of Najib's.
“We are grateful to have won this award and it shows that this very important story is not being completely ignored,” Berthelsen said. “The victim in this case deserves a measure of justice.” Full story...
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The award was for a series of pieces on the brutal murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a young Mongolian woman slain in Kuala Lumpur in 2006 by two bodyguards assigned to now-Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's office.
Berthelsen’s stories linked the crime to Malaysian defense procurement irregularities, a bribery investigation in France and a court case that saw the two bodyguards convicted of murder but no higher-ups implicated in ordering the death of the 28 year old woman, who was pregnant at the time and had been romantically linked to a close friend of Najib's.
“We are grateful to have won this award and it shows that this very important story is not being completely ignored,” Berthelsen said. “The victim in this case deserves a measure of justice.” Full story...
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