19 May 2008By Leang Delux
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
The Burma Daily has no right to be published in the kingdom. The authorities justified its confiscation by claiming the lack of a license for this English publication which first appeared on Friday 16 May.
The 8-page newspaper was inserted inside The Cambodia Daily because Bernard Krisher, the editor of The Cambodia Daily, initiated the publication of this supplement. In a letter published on Friday 16 May in The Burma Daily, Bernard Krisher explained that he wanted to give “the Burmese people the possibility to express themselves, but also to have access to free and independent information.”
The Burma Daily prints articles about Burma distributed by the International news media. It is also using a network of reporters. This publication will be available on demand through email and in PDF format. Bernard Krisher also hoped to have it distributed in printed version for sale in Cambodia as well, but the Ministry of Information did not agree to that. Touch Naroth, the Phnom Penh police commissioner said: “The ministry (of Information) asked us to remove Burma Daily from sale because it did not receive a publishing license.” On Monday morning, police officers were going from one newspaper kiosk to another to confiscate the 8-page publication. Newspaper vendors explained that The Cambodia Daily was also affected by this operation: some police officers did not even bother to just confiscate the supplement, they took the entire newspaper, including The Cambodia Daily.
The Burma Daily appears at a time when Burma is affected by cyclone Nargis, which, up to today, saw 134,000 persons killed or disappeared. Bernard Krisher’s publication also comes out during a particular context for the English media in Cambodia: The Phnom Penh Post, one of The Cambodia Daily’s competitors, was bought out a few months back by Australian investors who also own a newspaper in Burma. The Phnom Penh Post which is currently published twice a month will become a daily newspaper this summer. Two of The Cambodia Daily reporters left to join The Phnom Penh Post in the last few weeks. It appears as if Bernard Krisher’s initiative was taken to compete with his ambitious rival. The founder of The Cambodia Daily cannot be reached to comment on the launch of The Burma Daily.
The 8-page newspaper was inserted inside The Cambodia Daily because Bernard Krisher, the editor of The Cambodia Daily, initiated the publication of this supplement. In a letter published on Friday 16 May in The Burma Daily, Bernard Krisher explained that he wanted to give “the Burmese people the possibility to express themselves, but also to have access to free and independent information.”
The Burma Daily prints articles about Burma distributed by the International news media. It is also using a network of reporters. This publication will be available on demand through email and in PDF format. Bernard Krisher also hoped to have it distributed in printed version for sale in Cambodia as well, but the Ministry of Information did not agree to that. Touch Naroth, the Phnom Penh police commissioner said: “The ministry (of Information) asked us to remove Burma Daily from sale because it did not receive a publishing license.” On Monday morning, police officers were going from one newspaper kiosk to another to confiscate the 8-page publication. Newspaper vendors explained that The Cambodia Daily was also affected by this operation: some police officers did not even bother to just confiscate the supplement, they took the entire newspaper, including The Cambodia Daily.
The Burma Daily appears at a time when Burma is affected by cyclone Nargis, which, up to today, saw 134,000 persons killed or disappeared. Bernard Krisher’s publication also comes out during a particular context for the English media in Cambodia: The Phnom Penh Post, one of The Cambodia Daily’s competitors, was bought out a few months back by Australian investors who also own a newspaper in Burma. The Phnom Penh Post which is currently published twice a month will become a daily newspaper this summer. Two of The Cambodia Daily reporters left to join The Phnom Penh Post in the last few weeks. It appears as if Bernard Krisher’s initiative was taken to compete with his ambitious rival. The founder of The Cambodia Daily cannot be reached to comment on the launch of The Burma Daily.
4 comments:
What a Cambodia dictatorship regime!!
Those are the orders of ah traitor Hun Sen.
Down and Out ! ah Hun Sen, youn servant, 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)
That's still 100 times more educated than Ah Xam Rainxy with fake westerner degree.
Ah Hun Sen is still 100 times less educated than my dog KIKI.
ah 8:18am is yuon 's dog fucker
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