Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper (Photo: RFA)Moneaksekar Khmer accused of defamation article
21 Dec 2008
By Mayariddh Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The office of the supreme advisor of the king accused the Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper of publishing a defamation article and it threatened to bring the newspaper to court.
The accusation was brought up by the office of the spokesman of Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the president of the personal supreme advisor of the king, last Thursday because the newspaper wrote an article in which it stated that the prince begged Prime minister Hun Sen to return back his house located in front Veal Meru (Veal Men) park, and the newspaper also accused the prince of requesting the nomination of about 200 useless people to positions in the king’s cabinet.
The office of the spokesman of the supreme personal advisor to the king wrote and told Moneaksekar Khmer to show proper proof and provide a correction to its article, otherwise, the prince will bring the newspaper to court.
The accusation was brought up by the office of the spokesman of Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the president of the personal supreme advisor of the king, last Thursday because the newspaper wrote an article in which it stated that the prince begged Prime minister Hun Sen to return back his house located in front Veal Meru (Veal Men) park, and the newspaper also accused the prince of requesting the nomination of about 200 useless people to positions in the king’s cabinet.
The office of the spokesman of the supreme personal advisor to the king wrote and told Moneaksekar Khmer to show proper proof and provide a correction to its article, otherwise, the prince will bring the newspaper to court.
