Reuters Reporter Missing in Sinhai
Kristof Keuper reporting on events in Wazistan last year.
SRI RAMA (Reuters): Kristof Kueper, a Wiese reporter with Reuters, has been reported missing in Sinhai while pursuing leads to ethnic violence in the North. Kueper, 29, has not been heard from since Sunday, and was believed to be traveling to Ban Mang where reports of ethnic violence have gone uninvestigated by either Sinese government parties or national/international media.
Kueper's whereabouts are unknown, but Sinese authorities believe that his activities would have taken him into areas of the country "even the government can't exercise control over."
Unity Regime officials stated Tuesday morning that an investigation into the whereabouts of Kueper will begin immediately, but the government cannot guarantee his safe return. The Sinese government has previously placed travel restrictions on all people traveling to North Sinhai, and has stated that Kueper "as a credible reporter was aware of this fact and acted of his own accord." The Sinese government continues to strongly discourage travel by reporters to North Sinhai.
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Kristof Keuper reporting on events in Wazistan last year.
SRI RAMA (Reuters): Kristof Kueper, a Wiese reporter with Reuters, has been reported missing in Sinhai while pursuing leads to ethnic violence in the North. Kueper, 29, has not been heard from since Sunday, and was believed to be traveling to Ban Mang where reports of ethnic violence have gone uninvestigated by either Sinese government parties or national/international media.
Kueper's whereabouts are unknown, but Sinese authorities believe that his activities would have taken him into areas of the country "even the government can't exercise control over."
Unity Regime officials stated Tuesday morning that an investigation into the whereabouts of Kueper will begin immediately, but the government cannot guarantee his safe return. The Sinese government has previously placed travel restrictions on all people traveling to North Sinhai, and has stated that Kueper "as a credible reporter was aware of this fact and acted of his own accord." The Sinese government continues to strongly discourage travel by reporters to North Sinhai.