Seizure of leaflets criticizing King-Father in Pailin City

Thursday, December 06, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Local news media reported that, a few days earlier, the Pailin city authority seized about 50 leaflets criticizing former monarch, King Norodom Sihanouk. However, the authority did not reveal the content of these leaflets. Chhuon Makara, a coordinator for the Adhoc organization in Pailin city, said the police seized leaflets distributed by anonymous people at two schools on 30 November 2007. Chhuon Makara said that he does not dare talk about the content of these leaflets because it may touch upon King-Father, whom the constitution stipulates that he is inviolable. Pailin city police officials also did not dare talk about the contents of these leaflets either, however, it is pursuing to arrest their distributors.

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A custom officer checking a seized bag of smuggled cigarettes

Illegal cigarette destroyed in Mekong Delta

Monday, September 17, 2007
Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)

More than 71,000 packets of smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes were destroyed Monday in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, the local market management department reports.

With the bust, the total of illegal cigarettes seized this year comes to four million packets nationwide.

Most of the illicit products are under trade name Hero and Jet, smuggled mainly from the neighboring country Cambodia.

One way of recognizing these products is when there is no compulsory line printed on packet to warn users about physical damages from smoking.

Reported by Thien Long – Translated by Minh Phat