by Amanda Fisher
A “true hero” killed in the line of duty is to be recognised in Wellington as an investigation continues into his 1975 murder.
Cameraman Gary Cunningham was gunned down with four other journalists in East Timor by invading Indonesian forces, while on assignment for Australia’s Channel 7.
Though the Indonesian Army initially said the men were caught in cross-fire, it later emerged they were slain to prevent reports of the invasion reaching the world.
Mr Cunningham, who lived in Wellington until he was 21, would be pleased to live on in Mt Victoria’s Charles Plimmer Park, where a commemorative plaque, park bench and tree was to be erected, aunt Patricia McGregor said.
She wished her brother, Gary’s father, Jim – who died in 2001 – was still alive to see the memorial.
The New Zealand Government had not helped the family get answers, she said.
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