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Article: Philippine officer accused of journalist's murder
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- July 3, 2009
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A Philippine police officer has been accused of killing a radio commentator outside his house last month, an official said Friday.
The wife of Crispin Perez Jr. identified the officer as the man who shot her husband in San Jose township in central Mindoro Occidental province on June 9, said Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor.
Perez, a lawyer and former provincial vice governor who hosted his own show on Radio DWDO, was one of five journalists gunned down this year, said the independent Philippine Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.
The Philippines is often described as one of the world's most dangerous places for reporters, with the media center listing ...