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| Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks at the closing ceremony of the Education Ministry’s annual meeting at the National Institute of Education in Phnom Penh yesterday, where he announced a new centralised task force to keep the media informed of matters in the public interest. (Photo by: Pha Lina) |
Friday, 25 March 2011
Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
The Cambodian government established on Wednesday a centralised task force that will relay information to the press on issues relating to military action, diplomacy and national security.
Phay Siphan, spokesman at the Council of Ministers, said yesterday that Prime Minister Hun Sen approved on Wednesday the creation of the Inter-Ministry Media Task Force. The newly established body will comprise senior officials from the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Council of Ministers.
“[This body] is part of an improvement in the government’s work … for the flow of information that is in the public’s interest,” he said.
Phay Siphan added that domestic media reported varying figures in the number of deaths and injured persons during the recent Cambodian-Thai conflict at the Preah Vihear temple. The task force, he said, will help to quell any disparities in information and provide the press with uniform figures from the government as a whole.
“From now on when you ask me to comment, I will be able to answer everything,” said Phay Siphan. “Before, if an individual from the government declined to comment, you would get nothing.” he said.
The task force will be headed by Neang Phat, secretary of state from the Ministry of Defence, with Phay Siphan acting as deputy. Minister of Foreign Affairs spokseman Koy Kuong and Defence Ministry Spokesman Chhum Socheat will act as spokespersons for their respective ministries when the body dispenses information to the press.
Pen Samithi, president of the Club of Cambodian Journalists, welcomed the government’s new body, saying it’s the responsibility of any government facing military conflict to provide official information to the press.
“It’s better than the press not being able to access official information from the government,” he said.
7 comments:
Fuck you and I don't like you at all.
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
MR. PHAY SIPHAN!
< MEDIA TASK FORCE >? MY REAR END,
IT STINKS. BY CONTROLING < THE FLOW
OF INFORMATION > DO YOU MEAN THE RESTRICTION OF THE FLOW OF INFORMA-TION? DO YOU MEAN THAT THE PUBLIC
CAN AFFORD ONLY INFORMATION THE
GOVERNMENT GIVE OUT? THIS CAN ONLY
HAPPEN IN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. OH
SORRY! FORGIVE ME I FORGOT CAMBODIA
IS A ROYAL COMMUNIST COUNTRY AND ON
TOP OF THAT PUPPET OF YOU KNOW WHO.
DO WHAT EVER YOU WANT WHILE YOU ARE
IN POWER UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT...
Hun Sen shows his true color,
he is really a DICTATOR,
now he wants control information,
he wants Cambodians know only what he wants Cambodians to know.
Your time is sooner than you think Hun Sen !
Few months ago,
Moubarack and his son,
Kadhafi and his son
were untouchable and now they becomes scums, chased away like made dogs.
It's not TOO BAD if Hun Sen is
only a dictator, but he is a
stupid idiot
traitor who is turning Cambodia
into
another Khmer Krome.
Yourn is setting the trap to
convert Cambodia into Khmer Krome,
on the way to the trap, Yourn
keeps flatter Hun Sen that he is a
smart brilliant strong man.
Just wait a few more years,Mr,
smart strongman, you will see
what Cambodia will become.
Baay Kdaing
Yes, that's right, so that the fox can lie 24hrs to the chicken. At the end, the chicken can die without knowing the causes!!
Who's hell are you doing to for!?
ម្នាលហ៊ុនសំណែន (បទកាកគតិ)
ម្នាលហ៊ុនសែនអើយ ប៉ុន្មានឆ្នាំហើយ អ្នកកាន់អំណាច
មិនបានជួយអ្វី ខ្លួនកាន់តែកាច ខ្លាំងជាងបីសាច
ភ្នំវល្លិទៅទៀត។
ម្នាលកាន់តែចាស់ គួររកអ្នកផ្លាស់ ហើយប្រាសខំឆ្លៀត
រកធម៌រកអាថ៌ បំភ្លេចវិវាទ សាងខ្លួនម្តងទៀត
ពុំទាន់យឺតឡើយ ។
ខំសាងកុសល បំបាត់កង្វល់ ទើបចិត្តបានស្បើយ
ខំធ្វើបុណ្យទាន ជាស្ពានរកត្រើយ ជួបសុខរៀងអើយ
នៅជាតិខាងមុខ ។
មុននេះសាងបាប សាងច្រើនសន្ធាប់ ប្រមូលវេចទុក
ត្រូវយកសងគេ នៅពេលខាងមុខ ទើបរួចផុតទុក្ខ
ជួបសុខជាក្រោយ ។
អាយុសង្ខៃ មិនអាចតថ្លៃ ម្នាលកុំបណ្តោយ
ពេលកន្លងផុត ពិបាកដង្ហោយ ឲ្យវិលមកក្រោយ
ក្នុងចិត្តប្រេះឆា ។
ស្តាយបាបបានធ្វើ សីលមិនអើពើ ពឹងលើវាសនា
ខ្លួនចាស់ទ្រុតទ្រោម រូបឆោមជរា មច្ចុរាជទាមទារ
រាំងរាមិនបាន ។
ពេលនោះទើបភ្ញាក់ រកទីពុំនាក់ ដូចហាក់ស្រេកឃ្លាន
យល់ដឹងខុសត្រូវ ជម្រៅសីលទាន យកទៅមិនបាន
ប្រឹងរកឲ្យគេ ។
រកសុទ្ធផ្លូវខុស លួចជាតិស្រស់ៗ គ្មានសោះទ្រព្យកេរ្តិ៍
ប្លន់ទាំងអំណាច កំទេចអ្នកស្នេហ៍ បាបរិតឡើងទ្វេ
សងពុំរួចឡើយ ។
២៥មករា ២០០០
ស.យ.មករា
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