Major French-language newspaper in Cambodia, the 12-year-old Cambodge Soir, has been closed down permanently after a two-day strike, local media on Thursday quoted a statement as saying.
The daily newspaper's parent company Societe des Editions du Mekong claimed to be bankrupt, but the truth stood behind an article on the Global Witness report with a theme widely judged too critical towards the government, English-language newspaper the Cambodian Daily quoted the staff's statement and senior editor as saying.
The reporter writing the article was fired and then led to the strike by the staff members on Monday, said the statement.
"On Tuesday night, the director verbally announced the administrative council's decision to close down the Societe des Editions du Mekong, which publishes the Cambodge Soir," it added.
The Societe des Editions du Mekong hasn't given any public comments yet.
The Cambodge Soir used to boast an educated readership who could understand French and enjoy a fixed group of advertisers such as French restaurants and leisure spots.
The Global Witness report alleged that some senior government officials of Cambodia were connected with each other to steal national properties like forestry and land. The government has banned the report and started investigations to locate the people behind it.
Source: Xinhua
The daily newspaper's parent company Societe des Editions du Mekong claimed to be bankrupt, but the truth stood behind an article on the Global Witness report with a theme widely judged too critical towards the government, English-language newspaper the Cambodian Daily quoted the staff's statement and senior editor as saying.
The reporter writing the article was fired and then led to the strike by the staff members on Monday, said the statement.
"On Tuesday night, the director verbally announced the administrative council's decision to close down the Societe des Editions du Mekong, which publishes the Cambodge Soir," it added.
The Societe des Editions du Mekong hasn't given any public comments yet.
The Cambodge Soir used to boast an educated readership who could understand French and enjoy a fixed group of advertisers such as French restaurants and leisure spots.
The Global Witness report alleged that some senior government officials of Cambodia were connected with each other to steal national properties like forestry and land. The government has banned the report and started investigations to locate the people behind it.
Source: Xinhua
18 comments:
Sorry for those who lost their jobs.
But let the French go, Franc bring not thing but destruction to Cambodia since we know it.
Nothing but Destruction under French rule?
I doubt that. Why don't we compare the period under French protectorate of nearly 100 years and under Khmer rulers since Independece.
Le Cambodge est un pays multilingue-culturel
dynamique(Khmero, Anglo, Franco, Sino) en
développement en Asie grâce aux
peuples khmers et particulièrement
aux touristes étrangers.
Si le directeur du journal Cambodge-soir
décide de fermer son seul journal
franco-khmer au Cambodge, ce sera
trop de HONTE pour la France.
11:59 PM, Under French protectorrate of nearly 100 years brought us to thirh or forth class citizen in our own country and lead to what happen in 1975!
want me to explain more or use youe French brain once for a while!
If Cambodian was third or fouth class citizens under the French it was still better than be slaves or third or fouth class citizens of Vietnam and Thai. No doubt that why the Cambodian King chose the least of the worst option. If not for the French, you probably be either speaking Thai or Vietnamese by now and there would not be a country to speak of. Read your history before you read something stupid.
Blame the French of the Khmer Rough? First try blaming the Khmers themselves, than try the Vietnamese, Chinese, Americans, etc... than the French.
youns (vietnamese) are the China's
ethnic people, so youns culture and
their old characteristic letters are the
same as those of Chinese
No wonder that the tradition of this Chinese
ethnic people(youns called by chinese) is that :
- vietnamese men in in any country, most
of them are thiefs or robbers
- and vietnamese women in in any country,
most of them are prostitutes
to: 12:45AM
Slave to the Viet, the Thai or you Horse Face are the same we do not need any one of it!
It was you French, who tried to make us forget our writing may be our language next if you could!
I know my history, I do not need to read the one you Horse face wrote.
Try to read some thing else not just the one your stupid people wrote!
You needed it that why you asked the French to protect you from Vietnam and the Thai. You might not wanted, but you needed and cried for help. Ask other Khmer historians and they will enlight your ignorant.
Forget about Khmere historians.
-We was and are so happy to get independent from the French!!!!!!!!
-Franc gave our land and to the Thai and Viet.
-Franc took out tax and our people to build thing in Prey Norkor and gave it all to the viet, left us poorer!
-Franc care nothing except franc's interest kick Sirimatak out to killed by Pol Pot.
-Know what Franc did in 1997 ? Ask you French Ambasy for your ignorant.
The Socialist never learned; however, we (Khmer) have learned a great deal since the French colonialization. It was an unfortunate era.
For all of your socialist bastards, if it weren't for us (U.S.), everyone of you would be speaking German now.
How about some freedom-fried, you socialist bastards.
I was so happy, because I thought our great country (U.S.) would go to war with France.
Remember, this time all of you socialist commi will be on your own.
OH!
Do I need to wear mustach too?
2:12 and 2:17;
You are entitle to hate France all you want but saying stupid things like Freedom Fries will not save you from the reality that the Neo-Conservative experiment in Iraq under the Bush's Admin had failed terribly. Do you want me to give you the costs to America of this war?
1:58
You like to forget a lot especially Khmers history. No one say Protectorate was a good thing.Taxes, the lost of Khmers Krom etc..all true; but like I said before the Khmer King made the best our of a very bad choices. It spoke of the weakness of the Khmers Empire by 1800.
In 1997 or any time in recent history, I know that the worst enemy for the Khmers has been the Khmer leaders themselves. Are you surprise that foreigners-French, Chinese, Vietnames etec- would not take advantage of the situation to their owns benefit when Khmer only care about money, power and titles are killing each other once again? Who fault is that?
They fuck up because they went to what school? You may use your brain 2:57AM.
And you foreigners, have use your influence to support bad people and creat problem to get us in trouble too.
What your embasy did in 1997 to make the coup posibe. Leurne to speak with responsible Horse Face!
What I try to say do not give a dime about French from now on.
As you said "Are you surprise that foreigners-French, chinese, Vietnamese etec... would not take advantage of the situation to their owns benefit when Khmer only care about money, power and titles are killing each other once again? Who fault is that?"
-Yes you admited, FRENCH is one of the DEVILS!
Who fault?
-We can complain any body but ourselves, that why I try to tell my Khmer-brothers and sisters too reconize the Devils and destructioners of our race. Horse Face is one of the bad.
3:19 AM
Welcome to real politics, if you are stupid enough to be take advantage of, you will be a slave to every nation of the world.
Learn to rule yourselves and stop begging from everybody, perhaps you are entitle to have a nation.
3:35AM do not welcome me to anything. I am real, that why I learn to reconize the devils and problems.
And do not try to be too smart, you sound so stupid!
We are human in the 21th. centery, we are not animal (exept your group may be?)We need not to hate and mistrust every body there alot of good people and races and goverments in the world and good people want to survive together peacefully on the earth.
We are not beg we ask for help from freind when we are down and we may help them too if we can.
You probably not Frech but the fuckup Vietnamese. Yes we have to ask freind for help from the monster like you when we weak.
Are you live in the jungle or a mordern society?
Perhaps 3:35AM you and your group are entitle to a cage.
p
I would prefer Blue Label over X.O., and the United States of America over France.
But I love your French women; however, only one condition: "Take back the Statue of Liberty."
Abort_Entry_Fail
"For all of your socialist bastards, if it weren't for us (U.S.), everyone of you would be speaking German now."
The Americans lost some 3000 people at D-Day. The Russians lost 20 million fighting the Germans. Like it or not, it was the Russians that beat Hitler. The Americans were small fry in the battle for Europe.
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