Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
05/04/2007
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court subpoenaed the editor of a newspaper Thursday to answer questions next week over articles related to former King Norodom Sihanouk and his wife, after an article the former king claimed slanderous.
Sralanh Khmer editor Thach Keth said Thursday he received a subpoena for a hearing on April 12 on charges of publishing an article defaming the queen. He said he planned to show.
Former King Sihanouk threatened last month to sue the paper, after articles claiming the queen was not fit for her title. In a letter to the royal palace requesting them to sue, the King said his name and the name of Queen Norodom Monineath had been slandered.
"I think it is not my intention to tarnish his name," Thach Keth told VOA. "I translated [an] article and after the publication, I realized it could tarnish the king's honor. I think I would like to apologize to him to ask for his clemency."
Cambodia enjoys one of the freest press laws in Southeast Asia, and as a result wild, unfounded articles sometimes appear in print. Many papers support one political party or another.
Sralanh Khmer often publishes stories generous to the opposition Sam Rainsy Party.
Sralanh Khmer editor Thach Keth said Thursday he received a subpoena for a hearing on April 12 on charges of publishing an article defaming the queen. He said he planned to show.
Former King Sihanouk threatened last month to sue the paper, after articles claiming the queen was not fit for her title. In a letter to the royal palace requesting them to sue, the King said his name and the name of Queen Norodom Monineath had been slandered.
"I think it is not my intention to tarnish his name," Thach Keth told VOA. "I translated [an] article and after the publication, I realized it could tarnish the king's honor. I think I would like to apologize to him to ask for his clemency."
Cambodia enjoys one of the freest press laws in Southeast Asia, and as a result wild, unfounded articles sometimes appear in print. Many papers support one political party or another.
Sralanh Khmer often publishes stories generous to the opposition Sam Rainsy Party.
King father goliath my ass.
ReplyDeleteStop CHANG KAM CHANG PEER wtth srolanh khmer newpaper ok.Your name or your honor doesn't mean a shit to all of us anymore.
What you should do now before you die is going from mass grave to mass grave in Cambodia and profusely ask for their FORGIVENESS from those poor souls that you had misled to die at the hand of the khmers rouge ok.
Remember old king, you are a communist sympatizer,you were a khmer rouge spokeman and don't forget you were indirectly involve in the killing field also. YEE EU SDACH CHORL MSIET NIS VEY....
You got it backward, idiot. It is
ReplyDeleteyou who misled your people to die.
Stop blaming innocent people for
you stupidity, you idiot.
Dear reader if the king want to save his face in public let do his son Sihakmony DNA test. And we will
ReplyDeleteknow that Sihanouk and his wife are relative or not.Remember Norodom and Sisowat are brother if Monic'mom is in the king familly' blood the test will show.Old man Sihanouk has the rigth to sue his best friend Pierre Max who made vcd
and shown the world.
Hmm ... that sounds like a perfect
ReplyDeleteproject for our new FBI office,
but let them settle down first
before we put them to work, okay?
It seems to be direct support to PP Court...
ReplyDeleteSo that he means the BEST COURT
Cheyyo PP Court
Cheyyo 18 months Ranaraith sentenced to jail and Adultry case
Cheyyo Chakaping too.. snetenced to...
Don't get excited, bro. Have you
ReplyDeleteforgetten the King who could
pardon his family? This dispute
with the royalists does not look
good to our potential bussiness
investors. We must put an end to
this as soon as possible.