Wednesday, September 05, 2007

PPenh muzzling information (Part 2): Ministry of Information says no to additional radio stations

Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Ministry of Information rejected a license request made Pa Nguon Tieng, president of the Cambodian Voice of Democracy, to set up a new radio station. The Koh Santepheap newspaper reported that, in a letter dated 30 August, Khieu Kanarith, the minister of information, wrote that his ministry has ended all license request to set up new radio and TV stations, until the audiovisual law is be in place. Furthermore, Khieu Kanharith said that, currently, the number of radio and TV stations in the provinces and cities is way too much more that the needs, and they also interrupt the broadcasts made by Phnom Penh or by other local stations. On 02 August, Pa Nguon Tieng applied to obtain a license to operate a radio station to broadcast information about human rights and democracy.

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