Phnom Penh
20 May 2008
The Ministry of Information has begun the seizure of a supplemental section of the English-language Cambodia Daily that covers news about Asean neighbor Burma.
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said the Daily’s insert was “not a supplement” but a newspaper.
“They must have a license before publishing it,” he said, adding that the Cambodia Daily could face closure itself if it continues publishing the Burma insert.
The Cambodia Daily has run two “Burma Daily” inserts inside it’s own pages, which cover Cambodian, regional and international news. The insert covers news relevant to Burma, which is in the throes of slow governmental response to a devastating cyclone.
The insert has not increased the price of the Cambodia Daily.
Cambodia Daily publisher Bernard Krisher said the insert did not constitute a newspaper and said he would not stop publishing it.
“The confiscation of the newspaper I think is a bad act,” he said, adding that the Cambodia Daily is “an independent newspaper.”
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said the Daily’s insert was “not a supplement” but a newspaper.
“They must have a license before publishing it,” he said, adding that the Cambodia Daily could face closure itself if it continues publishing the Burma insert.
The Cambodia Daily has run two “Burma Daily” inserts inside it’s own pages, which cover Cambodian, regional and international news. The insert covers news relevant to Burma, which is in the throes of slow governmental response to a devastating cyclone.
The insert has not increased the price of the Cambodia Daily.
Cambodia Daily publisher Bernard Krisher said the insert did not constitute a newspaper and said he would not stop publishing it.
“The confiscation of the newspaper I think is a bad act,” he said, adding that the Cambodia Daily is “an independent newspaper.”
4 comments:
What a Cambodia dictatorship regime!!
Those are the orders of ah traitor Hun Sen.
Down and Out ! ah Hun Sen, a third-year- elementary-school- educated Prime Minister with 28 years of holding power, is the Criminal against humanity in Cambodia and is a former Khmer Rouge soldier in Khmer Rouge Regime, from CPP (Communist Pro youn Party)
Hey Ah Karch Rirk,
Are you crazy regarding the newspaper insert? Newspaper is newspaper. The company can insert anything they want. So the newspaper need the license for everything such as sport, comedy, weather, advertisement, playboy, etc... What kind of school you come from, Ah Karch Rirk, Hanoi school.
Ah Nis wants to shut the newspaper mouth not to disclose about bad behavior of Burma Junta, The world dictator, as Hun Sen is one of them. He knows that if the paper criticize Burma, it applies to stupid, asshole Hun Sen too.
cambodia did the right thing by banning it because think about it, what does cambodia have anything to do with what burma or myanmar does in burma. it boils down to respecting cambodia's right not o meddle with burma's internal affairs. it has nothing to do with how dictorial cambodia is or whatever like some trouble-makers claimed. cambodia has laws and everyone, including the media and journalism have to respect the law. if not agree, then why don't they go do it in thailand or vietnam or elsewhere, why have to pick cambodia for the burma supplement? it's just not fair to cambodia and our people, to say the least!
បរាជ័យ អាក្បត់ជាតិហ៊ុន សែន!
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