Karaoke actress Vang Srey No (Photo: Everyday.com.kh)Monday, January 15, 2007
By Saing Soenthrith
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
The editors of three little-known Khmer-language newspapers were charged at Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday for allegedly attempting to extort money from a karaoke video actress, officials said Sunday.
Sok Kolyan, deputy chief prosecutor at the court identified the men as Kaing Samnang, 37, editor-in-chief of Sangket Kar newspaper; Chan Chhai Yuth, 36, editor-in-chief of the Samaki Cheat; and Kuch Kunthea, 41, editor-in-chief of Sangkum Cheat.
The three suspects were arrested Saturday afternoon following a complaint from actress Va Srey No, said Keo Thea, deputy municipal anti-human trafficking police chief.
The men allegedly tried to extort money from Va Srey No by claiming that they had a video depicting the actress having sex, and that they would publish stills from the video in their papers if she did not pay them, Keo Thea said.
"Those men tried many times to make an appointment with Va Srey No to extort money from her by showing her a photo of a similar woman from a sex film," Keo Thea alleged. "But the woman in the sex film is not Va Srey No."
Keo Thea did not say whether the men have denied the allegations against them.
The actress had notified police ahead of time to a planned meeting with the editors, so police were waiting about to arrest them when they arrived, Keo Thea said.
The men were returned to anti-trafficking pofice headquarters after their appearance in court, but will be transferred to Prey Sar prison today, Sok Kolyan said.
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith could not be reached for comment.
Independent Cambodian journalist Khieu Kola said that the three newspapers are not regularly published, and that they tend to only come out on major holidays or the birthdays of important people.
Va Srey No could not be reached for comment.
(Additional reporting by John Maloy)
Sok Kolyan, deputy chief prosecutor at the court identified the men as Kaing Samnang, 37, editor-in-chief of Sangket Kar newspaper; Chan Chhai Yuth, 36, editor-in-chief of the Samaki Cheat; and Kuch Kunthea, 41, editor-in-chief of Sangkum Cheat.
The three suspects were arrested Saturday afternoon following a complaint from actress Va Srey No, said Keo Thea, deputy municipal anti-human trafficking police chief.
The men allegedly tried to extort money from Va Srey No by claiming that they had a video depicting the actress having sex, and that they would publish stills from the video in their papers if she did not pay them, Keo Thea said.
"Those men tried many times to make an appointment with Va Srey No to extort money from her by showing her a photo of a similar woman from a sex film," Keo Thea alleged. "But the woman in the sex film is not Va Srey No."
Keo Thea did not say whether the men have denied the allegations against them.
The actress had notified police ahead of time to a planned meeting with the editors, so police were waiting about to arrest them when they arrived, Keo Thea said.
The men were returned to anti-trafficking pofice headquarters after their appearance in court, but will be transferred to Prey Sar prison today, Sok Kolyan said.
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith could not be reached for comment.
Independent Cambodian journalist Khieu Kola said that the three newspapers are not regularly published, and that they tend to only come out on major holidays or the birthdays of important people.
Va Srey No could not be reached for comment.
(Additional reporting by John Maloy)
7 comments:
Good on you Vang Srey No. Get rid of these crook journalists. How come three EDITORS-IN-CHIEFS were involved in a case like this? They are not journalists. They are merely blackmailers who use newspapers to make their living in a cheap way. Other journalists should file a complaint to whatever institution to stop crook people like these from practicing journalism. They actually ruin freedom of expression and name of good journalists.
to Angel said... 2:15 PM
Well, well... Vang Srey No never trusts even journalists or american Khmers...!
Trust yourself!!!
Adam
When VANG SAY NO said NO is NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN YES....
Lock them up! These people know what they are doing. They are not kids. They play; let them pay.
those guys din't di it. that slut slept with ah Cpeepee framed them.
ah chhkae yuon will kill all khmers.
Vang Srey No is a very beautiful young lady! Please don't hate her because she is beautiful! And for the crooks they deserve to be ass kick again and again until they beg for more! ahahhahahahahah
There are many rumors about beautiful Cambodian stars. Some of them are true, but some are not. I don't know what Vang Srey No did, but all I know is that those three cheap crooks deserve to be jailed. We should support our stars and condemn such criminal act.
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