Hiro Muramoto was killed in Bangkok in 2010. Pic: AP.BANGKOK (AP) – Local and foreign journalists including a Japanese TV cameraman who died during a street battle in Bangkok are among 2,000 victims of political violence who are eligible for compensation from the Thai government.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she will probably not have time to meet with the family of Reuters cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto during a visit to Japan on Wednesday but will issue a letter of condolence to them.
Muramoto was fatally shot on April 10, 2010, as troops faced armed resistance as they tried to clear a crowd of anti-government demonstrators. His survivors will be eligible to receive $ 250,000.
The government approved a budget of $ 65 million on Tuesday to compensate victims of political violence from 2005 to 2010.
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