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Case History: Sun Hongjie

Status: 
Killed
About the situation

Reporter Sun Hongjie died on 28 December 2010 in a hospital in Kuitun, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region,

About Sun Hongjie

Sun HongjieSun Hongjie was an investigative reporter for The Northern Xinjiang Morning Post.

28 December 2010

Reporter Sun Hongjie died on 28 December 2010 in a hospital in Kuitun, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, 10 days after being beaten by several men at a construction site. At least six young men attacked Sun at the site, where the reporter had gone to meet a source.