DJ Ano appears live on TV3, fresh-faced and injury-free

A healthy, happy DJ Ano appears on TV3 on Wednesday. (Photo by: HENG CHIVOAN)

Thursday, 20 November 2008
Written by Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

Her appearance dispells more than a week of gruesome reports about an alleged razor attack by a government official's jealous wife

TELEVISION presenter DJ Ano on Wednesday put to rest more than a week of rumours that she had been attacked with razors by the wife of a high-ranking government official and had fled to Vietnam to recover from her injuries.

The TV3 presenter, whose real name is Suon Pheakdei, appeared live on her network in full health and showing no signs of the alleged 83 razor cuts that had formed the substance of the lurid rumours.

In addition to refuting stories of the attack, which began circulating more than a week ago when she failed to turn up for work, Ano said she has asked for a police investigation to determine who might be responsible for spreading false information about her.

"I will file a complaint against those who started the rumours," she said. "When I heard the information about me, I had no idea what to do."

Kha Puon Keomony, director general of TV3, said Ano had taken time off from work to visit relatives abroad but that at her request, he had not released the information to the media.

"I didn't tell anyone," he said. "She asked me not to speak about her."

DJ Ano's re-appearance

Ano (C) appearance during a TV3 program (Photo: Saray, Koh Santepheap)
Suon Pheakdey, aka Ano showed up before her TV program (Photo: Saray, Koh Santepheap)

What's her real nickname? According to some news media, Ms. Suon Pheakdey was referred as either DJ Ano or VJ Ano. Obviously, Ano is the young lady's actual nickname. As for her title (DJ or VJ), Wikipedia gives the following definition for "VJ": "A VJ is a performance artist who creates moving visual art (often video) on large displays or screens, often at events such as concerts, nightclubs and music festivals, and usually in conjunction with other performance art. This results in a live, multimedia performance that can include music, actors or dancers as well as live and pre-recorded video." Similarly, Wikipedia defines "DJ" as: "A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience." From the definitions above, technically speaking, Ms. Ano is neither a VJ nor a DJ. Regardless of whether she is referred to as DJ Ano or VJ Ano, we are glad to learn that she is still alive and kicking ... and threatening to sue those who claims that she was assaulted. Welcome back to this "cruel world," Ano! ... Oops, maybe you never took Computer Programming 101, so you wouldn't know what "Hello cruel world" is all about, anyway, enjoy life rather than wasting time in lawsuits because ... life is too short!

VJ Ano appeared on local TV to clear the rumours

VJ Ano pictured on 10th November, 2008.

Radio Free Asia
By Moeung Tum
19th November, 2008
Translated from kher by Khmerization

VJ Ano has appeared for the first time on a local TV on Wednesday at 6pm local time to show her face to the public and she denied the rumours that she was attacked by razor blades as reported by local media.

VJ Ano’s face, as seen through her appearance on TV3, has not shown any wounds. At the same time, VJ Ano has appealed to the police to investige and punish those who spread the rumours that she was involved in a triangle love affair and that she was attacked with 80 razor blade cuts to her body and face.//