Friday, February 24, 2012

Minister wants blood, guts off papers’ pages

Khieu Kanharith (L)
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post

Gory pictures of traffic accident victims and those who have suffered from violent crimes were in bad taste and must no longer grace the pages of Cambodian newspapers, the Information Minister said in a letter yesterday.

Khieu Kanharith banned the use of such graphic images in a directive that praised newspapers that searched for good or unusual information but lamented those that irresponsibly exploited people’s misery.

“There are still some media [outlets] that do not pay attention and take responsibility with their publishing,” the letter said.


“They still print cruel pictures of traffic accidents, crime and domestic violence against women and children without covering the victims’ faces.”

Khieu Kanharith, a former newspaper editor-in-chief, said failing to conceal victims’ faces not only violated codes of ethics but also impinged on people’s rights.

“From now on, all the print media has to cover victims’ faces, [conceal] their identity and avoid using those kind of pictures when printing your papers,” he said.

Pen Samitthy, editor-in-chief of the Cambodian-language newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea, said he supported the directive.

“My newspaper has never printed very cruel pictures, and we always cover the victims or blood,” he said, adding that he did not know which publications the minister was referring to.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

សម្លៀកបំពាក់ របស់លោក Khieu Kanharith
សមដូច ត្លុកកំប្លែងសម្ដែង cirque.

Anonymous said...

Fuck AH Khieu Kanharith! AH Lop!

If the Cambodian people don't see the true picture of real traffic accident and how the fuck they know how dangerous driving can be?

Why can you find something better to do than to micromanage the freedom of Cambodian people of what they can read and see? Go do what you good at such as do the Vietcong slave do good propaganda!

It seems that AH KHIEU KANAHARITH Vietcong slave know a lot but one thing this Vietcong slave doesn't know is the Vietcong had annexed large portion of Cambodian already!

Anonymous said...

CUT DOG HEAD PUT ON AH KIEV KANARITH BODY IN NEWSPAPER! NEW LAW PHD CAMBODIA! KHMER AKMATAK.

Anonymous said...

Why? Because it should the inability of this puppet government to deal with any issues.

Anonymous said...

What are they learning to get a degree ??? From Hon Xen, his wife to his gangs, they all get degree..??>>>>

I presume they learning to torture the Khmer people, so they get a degree from their Youn master..>>>

Anonymous said...

PhD Hennessey looks happy, maybe his young girlfriend is taking the picture!

Anonymous said...

these images speak the truth about Cambodia and the inabilility of the CPP or Corrupt People Parties who does not govent Cambodia properly. The donated money that CPP government have over the years are a complete waste and no benefit to Cambodian at all except for the CPP officials...like Kanharith X *

Anonymous said...

How about covering the labels of Remy Martin, Hennesey X.O and Kannharith Walker blue label????

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

BRAVO ! AH DOCTOR.. TEUK TN'OUT JOU !

Anonymous said...

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YUON!

Anonymous said...

BRAVO! AH DOCTOR CHKUOT TEUK KONDUOY MI KANHJROOK YUON VIETCONG !!!

Anonymous said...

Bravo CPP!!

Bravo AH Kwak!

Anonymous said...

EEWWWW! CONGRATULATION, Dr. MISLEADING AND JUNKY INFORMATION MINISTER, BRAVE CPP MY FART ASS. SEE MY ACH JOUS IN BONGKUN!