DPA
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian journalist appealed to human rights campaigners for help Wednesday in accusing a senior police officer of assaulting him with a dish of fish sauce in a restaurant. San Bun Thoeun, a reporter with mass-circulation gossip magazine Angkor Thom, claimed deputy chief of Phnom Penh judicial police Moung Kim launched his attack with a dish of the pungent sauce after seeing a recent article concerning his wife, glamorous singing star Meng Keo Pich Chenda.
The journalist called the assault an infringement of his rights and demanded an apology, adding he was taking the matter to prominent local human rights group Licadho and considering court action if he did not receive an apology.
"I am very upset. This is not about money, this is about my honour. There were a lot of people in the restaurant who saw and heard this insult against me," Thoeun said by telephone.
A representative for the Cambodian Club of Journalists said the group was still awaiting a request to intervene in the escalating furore, which has received widespread coverage in local media.
Kim was unavailable for comment.
Last year Paris-based journalism watchdog Reporters Sans Frontiers reported a number of attacks on Cambodian journalists, but this was believed to be the first involving a condiment.
Local newspaper Cambodia Daily quoted Information Minister Khieu Kanharith as saying that if the fish sauce allegation was true and Kim had a legitimate complaint about a story, he should use more conventional avenues to display his displeasure, such as requesting a correction.
The journalist called the assault an infringement of his rights and demanded an apology, adding he was taking the matter to prominent local human rights group Licadho and considering court action if he did not receive an apology.
"I am very upset. This is not about money, this is about my honour. There were a lot of people in the restaurant who saw and heard this insult against me," Thoeun said by telephone.
A representative for the Cambodian Club of Journalists said the group was still awaiting a request to intervene in the escalating furore, which has received widespread coverage in local media.
Kim was unavailable for comment.
Last year Paris-based journalism watchdog Reporters Sans Frontiers reported a number of attacks on Cambodian journalists, but this was believed to be the first involving a condiment.
Local newspaper Cambodia Daily quoted Information Minister Khieu Kanharith as saying that if the fish sauce allegation was true and Kim had a legitimate complaint about a story, he should use more conventional avenues to display his displeasure, such as requesting a correction.
19 comments:
This police officer should be striped from his position and be sacked completely for assaulting other. This is not a role model police man.
Bullshit, it is journalist who
should be banned from working
in Cambodia. This is srok Khmer,
not France. Get it?
these srok khmer people need to be nuke and done with so no more headach for others. just a bunch of Shits
To "4:38" If you are angry with 4:07 or anybody else in cambodia (Srok Khmer) you should directly blame that. Stop generalize the case to everyone in srok khmer. If people in srok khmer are all bunch of shits, then you are just a shit of the shits.
Hey, if anyone don't like srok
Khmer, get the hell out, period.
We are not France, Spain, US, UK,
... or AU. Don't tell us about
your stupid EU constitution and
law shits. When you're in srok
Khmer, you will be subjected to
khmer laws and code of conduct of
the community. Thus, I reccommend
that you do some research first
before you interact with our
people.
This is shown that we are living in unlaw country as you have power can do anything you want, by right you should right a letter to comlain to court, as for correction, that why we have court or correction pag in news. but this police doesn't understand law, you can imagine how police can do this???????
I guess throwing some fish sauce at anyone is appropriate. It is our LAW to act childish, hainus in all kind of forms. Journalists are bad because they find and tell the truth to citizens. I bet the guys on here that like to support these HAINUS acts are not even living in Cambodia. Feels great to live abroad and protected under their national laws. Unlike in Cambodia, your negitative remarks would have landed you with a bullet, robbed, wife gets raped, siblings gets killed, or your throat slit. But then again you live abroad so you feel safe. These journalist helps keep the Government power in check. But then your view 4:07pm and the other haters on here are appropiate because you get to live somewhere that is safe. Dumb Fuck!
As the citizen of the world, We are all should support 3:59PM. To make the community feel safe we need to recruit the people with good character to join the police force.
The journalists are just doing their excellent jobs in reporting, nothing wrong with them.
Next time before you say something...use your head a little bid.
3:59PM, YOU are the Hero.
Let the dickhead bark!
Wrong, wrong, wrong, and this is
no wild wild west country. If you
want to live here you must respect
our code of conduct and hierarchy.
You can't just intrude on our
respected officer's private life
without permission and expected
bussiness as usual. Our officer
and family does have the right
to privacy,... . The journalist is
an idiot who doesn't know what
country he's in. They must banned
him and set a good example of
others.
Welcome to free press! Go and live in China or Vietnam!!!! This Cambodia and the free world!
You need to get your head straighten up. You are confuse as hell stupid 6:46p.m!!!
Don't want paparazzi,stay out of the public place and behave! Pich Chanda is very famous. She need to know and beaware of what she says and acts or else hide a bodygard and a lawyer. Get ready idiot!
fish sause?!!!!!!!!what a joker!!!
Welcome to free press? and you want
me to do what? Just exactly what
did you have for diner, you
gringoes' slave?
no body perfect and it normal in all over free world!
at least the goshiper not dead!
teach him some lesson, what is stupid money!
AFTER THIS STUFF, DOES ANYONE IN USA, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, AND ELSE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE KEO PICH CHENDA TO PERFORM BAND AGAIN IN YOUR AREAS.
OH SHE IS RETIRED NOW, SOOOOOOORRY.
As us if we care? Moreover, the
idiots (journalist) should
considered himself lucky that is
was fish-sauce. Next time, it will
be acid. Get it, you moron?
So If I tell the truth that in the mid-90s when she first came out to a western country there was resturant owner who wanted to screw her so badly; she accepted the deal $1000. It was done overnight. It was a lot of money for her at the time. She was not famous and rich yet at the time.
Go tell that Funcinpec police general Muong Khim about it and I am waiting for the acid on me ass.
1000 $ in the mid-90s ? well the price did not change so much...from 500 $ to 1000 $ you still can get one of these famous singers or movie stars to open the legs for you the whole night....when you are hungry [for money], you don't look what the hot dog looks like....
Dear 4:07, 5:17 & 8: 49, I like your comments and you are smart, don't let others tell you otherwise.
More fish sauce, please...
Out of srok khmer, our beloved country...
hehe!
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