Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Licadho's Kek Galabru discusses about Dam Sith's arrest and the threat to the 2008 General Election

Newspaper publisher arrested in Cambodia

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
ABC Radio Australia

Presenter: Corinne Podger
Speaker: Licadho spokeswoman Kek Galabru


Cambodia's human rights group Licadho says the publisher of a newspaper known to support the main opposition Sam Rainsy Party is in custody after his surprise arrest on Sunday.

Dam Sith publishes the newspaper Moneakseka Khmer, or Khmer Conscience. He's been charged with printing allegations that Cambodia's foreign minister had ties to the Khmer Rouge regime. Cambodia watchers say Prime Minister Hun Sen's used a mix of guile and threat to turn the July 27 polls into an undemocratic one horse race.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No, what is undemocratic is to have a politician being a journalist at the same time. Lock up Ah Dam Sith and incinerate the key.