Reporter assaulted by protesters no media martyr

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Reporter assaulted by protesters no media martyr

Re: Stephff's cartoon, Opinion & Analysis, November 27.

I am not condoning violence, but for the sake of truthfulness – and before the Southeast Asian Press Alliance and Foreign Correspondents’ Club turn Nick Nostitz into a martyr – it is only fair to mention that he is not merely a reporter. He is allegedly also a notorious red-shirt sympathiser and police informant.
Could it be that these were the reasons for the crowd being incensed at him, rather than because of his reporter status?
Clara Holzer
Bangkok