Bangkok, Feb 11: A reporter for Thailand's biggest circulation daily newspaper and an independent television station was shot dead early today on a resort island in southern Thailand, police said. Suraphong Rittee, 43, was killed by a gunman while he was shopping at a grocery shop in Phuket province's Kratoo district, said police Lt. Ampol Chantrakul. Kratoo is popular tourist resort about 690 kms south of Bangkok. An initial investigation showed the killing was likely the result of a personal dispute and unrelated to a countrywide crackdown on illicit drugs that has led to the shooting deaths of dozens of dealers, Col. Chalit Thintanee said. Bureau Report