Saturday, June 09, 2007

Freedom of the Press redux: Sralanh Khmer newspaper told not to publish “Family of the thieves of the Nation” (Global Witness report in Khmer)

Click on the newspaper page to zoom in (Photo: Sralanh Khmer)

Ministry of Information warns Sralanh Khmer newspaper

08 June 2007
By Mayarith
Radio Free Asia

Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Ministry of Informatiom (MoInf) issued a letter today to warn the Sralanh Khmer newspaper which has been publishing the Global Witness report in its daily edition.

On 03 June, the MoInf issued a letter banning the publication of the report “Family of the thieves of the Nation” (Global Witness report “Cambodia’s Family Trees” in Khmer) issued by Global Witness.

This week, Sralanh Khmer said that it will print portion of the report daily, from the beginning until the end. However, currently, the newspaper had published a few portions of the report only.

In today’s warning letter signed by Khieu Kanharith, Minister of Information, the MoInf said that it requested the editor of Sralanh Khmer newspaper to immediately stop this publication, and if the publication still goes on, the MoInf will take legal action against the newspaper.

As of Friday, there is no reaction from the editor of Sralanh Khmer yet about this warning.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sralanh Khmer deserves the respect of anyone who professes to care about the future of Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

Although we could have all guessed it, according to a very reliable source, Hun Sen has taken the GW report very personally and has himself ordered that all copies of the downloaded report be removed from the newsstands.

The success of the authorities in removing the GW report has had the opposite effect. The curiosity of people has been aroused and more and more people, especially in Phnom Penh, are looking to purchase or borrow copies of the downloaded report.

Anonymous said...

Ah Khmer-Yuon's rubbishes (Srolang
Khmer News) should be shut down
a long time ago.

Anonymous said...

Ah Communist youns should be shut
your mouth because this for khmer
forum

Anonymous said...

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 in his history)is that:
- vietnamese men in any country, most
of them are thiefs or robbers
- and vietnamese women in any country,
most of them are prostitutes

Anonymous said...

Thank you somdick hun sen for our freedom of the press. or should i say freedom of the press for cpp support only.

Anonymous said...

Too much stupid press for a dot
on the planet, we need to shut
down a whole bunch of it.

Anonymous said...

2:32 & 12:51 -- that "dot" on the planet, gave you the ground to stand on and food to feed your Shrimpy brain.

Instead of shutting down the Sralahn Khmer Newspaper, we should Shut Down the organ that pump your blood.

Anonymous said...

I just hate it when AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave force his way of thinking down Cambodian people throat!

The way AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave behave these days are unacceptable and this slave continue to treat Cambodian people like little children or even worst no less than trash or dirt that he walk on every fucken day!

Anonymous said...

Wrong, the Khmer people elected
Somdach Hun Sen to talk on their
behalf. Thus, if you don't like it,
shut the fuck up!

Anonymous said...

To 9:30AM Vietcong motherfucker!

So if AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave talk full of shit, Cambodian people have to shut the fuck up too? Hell no! Cambodian people born to this Earth not live for AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave and take all his bullshit! Cambodian people born to this Earth to have a life to live and to pursue the happiness and freedom!

Let the weapon once again flow into Cambodia, Cambodian people have the right to self-determination!

Anonymous said...

Well, yeah, in democracy society,
the majority decides, and the
minority has to follow. Is that
too hard to understand?

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen and his thugs are so dumb to ban this fact, when people can just go to read on the internet.

The majority of the People in Cambodia did not elect Hun Sen and his thugs, but CPP has its own rule that its party must be elected; otherwise the peasant Hun Sen will never stay calm, and the civil war will be occured by the this thug.

This to the one who claimed to be a friend of Hor NamBora with respect to my previous reply.
Are you Hor Namboroa yourself?

You said Hor Nambora is nice, polite and smart? Most serial killer is nice and gentle to their family members and friends, but behind they killed.

I only want to know if Hor Nambora knows what is right and what is wrong; and if he sees that the Mafia family in Cambodia are doing crimes and he still defends them for the sake of his job, then I said he is not a nice guy as one has claimed.

About Hor Nambora education I said he is still below everage according to his background I read.

Anonymous said...

Ah youn khmers secret Agents in kamboda stop barking.Actually most of the Khmers dislike Kamboda rules by those crimminal thugs.

Anonymous said...

To 10:15PM!

What? What did you say? Did you say Vietcong eat dog? You got that right!