What the records say
- When
- 2016
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 3.78° N, 102.31° E
- Description
- 2016 assassination of a political activist in Malaysia
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Murder of Bill Kayong
2016 assassination of a political activist in Malaysia
On 21 June 2016, in Sarawak, Malaysia, social activist and politician Bill Kayong was shot dead at a traffic light intersection near a shopping mall in Kuala Baram Bypass, supposedly over his political and advocacy activities. At least five suspects were identified during investigations, and four of them were caught within a year.
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- Wikidata: shootings and murdersWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) secretary in Miri, Bill Kayong is assassinated in Miri, Sarawak”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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