FC: Rotten.com yanks photos after New Zealand officials complain

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 14:23:12 PST

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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 10:20:42 +0000 (GMT)
From: Kieran <kieranat_private>
To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private>
Subject: Re: FC: New Zealand officials irked over rotten.com murder photos

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:50:03 -0800
> From: soylentat_private
> To: declanat_private
> Subject: Photos on rotten.com upset NZ officials
>
> Pictures of murder victim on website
> New Zealand One
>
> A slaying that shocked New Zealand over 12 years ago is back in the spotlight
> on an American website.
>
> The website is showing gruesome police photos of David Fuko, a young Tongan
> man hacked to death with a machete in an Auckland shopping centre.
>
> Members of the Tongan community are stunned that photos of the murder
> victim's mutilated body have been posted on the website.
>
> Fuko was slashed to death in broad daylight at the Otara shopping mall in
> Manukau City by a group of men almost 13 years ago.
>
> [...]
>
> http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,76761-1-7,00.html
>
Hi Declan,

This has apparently now been pulled:

http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,76938-1-7,00.html

Regards

Kieran






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