(Photo: Khmer Sthapana)By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 November 2009
Phnom Penh court on Friday sentenced a freelance journalist to two years in prison for disinformation, following alleged threats made to a TV commentator.
Ros Sokhet, 40, a part-time journalist for the Southeast Asia Globe, was arrested Oct. 28, after sending several text messages to Soy Sopheap, questioning the CTN celebrity over allegations of corruption.
Judge Chhay Kong said the text messages “dishonored” Soy Sopheap and caused problems for society, dismissing Ros Sokhet’s claims that he had been seeking comment from him, not threatening him.
Prosecutors said Ros Sokhet sent the text messages to four other people, enough for a disinformation charge.
Ros Sokhet is the second journalist to be jailed under defamation or disinformation laws, following the arrest of Hang Chakra, an opposition journalist who ran stories alleging corruption within the powerful Council of Ministers.
Ros Sokhet’s sister, Kearaveak, said Friday the court should investigate further and release her brother on bail.
Soy Sopheap said Friday the decision had been fair.
But Um Sarin, president of the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists, said the case showed a lack of understanding between two reporters who do the same job.
Ros Sokhet, 40, a part-time journalist for the Southeast Asia Globe, was arrested Oct. 28, after sending several text messages to Soy Sopheap, questioning the CTN celebrity over allegations of corruption.
Judge Chhay Kong said the text messages “dishonored” Soy Sopheap and caused problems for society, dismissing Ros Sokhet’s claims that he had been seeking comment from him, not threatening him.
Prosecutors said Ros Sokhet sent the text messages to four other people, enough for a disinformation charge.
Ros Sokhet is the second journalist to be jailed under defamation or disinformation laws, following the arrest of Hang Chakra, an opposition journalist who ran stories alleging corruption within the powerful Council of Ministers.
Ros Sokhet’s sister, Kearaveak, said Friday the court should investigate further and release her brother on bail.
Soy Sopheap said Friday the decision had been fair.
But Um Sarin, president of the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists, said the case showed a lack of understanding between two reporters who do the same job.
17 comments:
ah Soysauce Sopheap is nothing butr a cok sucker and ass kisser.....!
ah fucking incopetent judge should burn alive!
Soy Sopheap is Hun Sen body, he just a director of Dap News, but he can use his power to hurting people when ever he want it's too.
He just start to show khmer people how top he is. He forget how long he can use evil power.
lol, they always use the most generically stupid term they can not imagine up it. "cause problem for society" are you serious!
These court and police and government people really are stupid. No wonder Cambodia is fucked up.
Hello my good khmer,
This is call corruption court system.Built by corruption people.
Don't hate them joint them.
If you don't joint them you will be
five years in corruption jail.
Soy Sauce is shooting for a job in Ministry of Disinformation in next Government after X.O moved to another post.
Soy Sauce buttered up X.O Kannharith[Kannha=September] and his illegitimate son,Mayarith [Maya=seductive + Rith= ability,power]to get closer to Xom'ach Hun Xen.
The country is well known for curruptions, but when someone is investigating about curruptions. They get accused for disinformation! This mean the government is behind curruptions and don't want it to be stop.
The long the cpp is in power, the more curruptions will continue.
Two years jail for a flimsy disinformation, but only one year for a pedophile. That is Cambodian competent justice system.
i saw soy sopheap emission many times, this man is not a mankind but just like a good machine for yuon and cpp propaganda - a propagandist machine red of blood and of yuon communism ideology and ill method. This man tried to show up that he know everything. He cant imagine how ill stupid psycho he can be in the eye of other people with some culture and conscience. This man cant stand other people opinion or someone who oppose to his stupidity and ill doing.
soy sopheap is what we can called “ a perfect yuon creature” like the rest of khmer rouge
Ros Sokhet is just another victim of khmero yuon rules in cambodia
yes, one thing that seem to characterize all of these incompetent people is that they hate opposing or challenging views.
Narrowed minded, arrogant ignorance who can see no wrong with their perfect parent government.
it's like they believe Hun Sen and the likes actually gave birth to them!
Even a real father and son have to be separated. A man got to learn to live and think for himself.
It's call growing up Soy Sopheap!
Hey, you talking about father and son?
Thai is just like Khmer's son.
Khmer is born out of Khmer's sperm!!
Can some1 snipe Soy Sauce when he leaves cambodia? one less arrogant crook living on khmer soil.
You are motherfucker work for Samrainsy and Kim sokha!
The journalist has the right to express his opinion, but unfortunately Cambodia is the country that always silenced their critics through the courtsystem.It is exactly like Zimbawae.Cambodia still adopt the Khmer Rouge's laws; therefore, the ignorants will live and the educated won't last.So Cambodia will has a hard time to catch up with the neighboring country because most of the leaders are uneducated.
Thank you for the information, it is sad to hear the faith of this journalist.
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This guy's fate is not different from Phon Pheap (former KR sodier who killed by Hun Sen. When he is useless he will be killed.
Soysauce Sopheap is serving Hun Xen; Hun Xen is serving Yuon!!! Bravo Hun Xen!!!Long Live Soysauce Sopheap!!!
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