Samoan paper under fire for suicide picture

  • 19/06/2016
Samoan paper under fire for suicide picture

A Samoan newspaper is under fire for publishing a picture of a suicide victim on its front page.

The photo in today's Sunday Samoan shows transgender, or "fa'afafine", woman Jeanine Tuivaiki inside a church where she's reported to have been found dead on Friday.

Throughout the story Ms Tuivaiki is referred to as a man, and that, and the decision to publish the photo, have drawn widespread condemnation on social media.

Newshub.