Rico Sempurna Pasaribu, an Indonesian journalist who was killed along with three of his family members in an arson attack (Image: Facebook/Rico Sempurna Pasaribu)
Rico Sempurna Pasaribu, an Indonesian journalist who was killed along with three of his family members in an arson attack (Image: Facebook/Rico Sempurna Pasaribu)

The suspected killing by fire of an Indonesian journalist last month is just the latest case of reporters in the country being intimidated for their work, journalists and researchers tell Crikey. 

Rico Sempurna Pasaribu, a journalist for Tribrata TV, died along with his wife, a child and a grandchild in a blaze at his home in the city of Kabanjahe, in North Sumatra, on June 27.

Pasaribu, 40, had been receiving threats after reporting on an illegal gambling den allegedly operated by a local army officer, the non-profit Reporters Without Borders wrote in a media