Original report from Phnom Penh
13 June 2008
Opposition editor Dam Sith called his arrest unfair and an abuse of Cambodian law, and he appealed to the courts to release him on bail, a journalist who visited him in prison said Friday.
Dam Sith is being detained in a cell 4 meters wide and 15 meters long, said Puy Kea, a member of the Club of Cambodian Journalists, five of whose members visited the editor Friday morning.
Dam Sith has been in jail since Sunday on charges of defamation and disinformation, following the publication in Moneaksekar Khmer a speech by opposition leader Sam Rainsy that accused Foreign Minister Hor Namhong of being a former member of the Khmer Rouge.
Hor Namhong has denied such accusations in the past and filed suit against the paper April 25.
Wife Meas Chan Kanha said she worried about a stomach ailment of Dam Sith that requires daily medicine the prison cannot provide.
Kuy Bun Sorn, chief of Cambodian prisons, said Friday Dam Sith was detained with criminals of various charges, including murder, terrorism, assassination and rape.
Dam Sith is being detained in a cell 4 meters wide and 15 meters long, said Puy Kea, a member of the Club of Cambodian Journalists, five of whose members visited the editor Friday morning.
Dam Sith has been in jail since Sunday on charges of defamation and disinformation, following the publication in Moneaksekar Khmer a speech by opposition leader Sam Rainsy that accused Foreign Minister Hor Namhong of being a former member of the Khmer Rouge.
Hor Namhong has denied such accusations in the past and filed suit against the paper April 25.
Wife Meas Chan Kanha said she worried about a stomach ailment of Dam Sith that requires daily medicine the prison cannot provide.
Kuy Bun Sorn, chief of Cambodian prisons, said Friday Dam Sith was detained with criminals of various charges, including murder, terrorism, assassination and rape.
2 comments:
sometimes one has to wonder why was he jailed? is it stepping over the professional boundaries? perhaps! i believe, people nowadays don't just get jail for nothing in cambodia as cambodia is not like the olden days of lawless anymore, or you wish it is still is. well tough luck. that's was 10 or 20 years gone by already. cambodia did changed a lot since in many ways. come see for yourselves instead of being ignorant and gullible like so,so...
even in the USA, people can get jailed for disobeying professional boundaries in any profession. get educated and know the world! or is it a test of time for cambodia? one has to wonder out loud!
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