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Tuesday, 05 June 2012
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DAP

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Government Defends Ban on US Broadcasts During Election

Supporters of Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party, take part in a rally in Phnom Penh.

Monday, 04 June 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh

“We banned all stations that handle VOA and RFA programs.”

A Ministry of Information official confirmed Monday the government had banned broadcasts of Voice of America and Radio Free Asia during the election Sunday.

San Putheary, chief of the audio-visual department at the ministry, told VOA Khmer the ban was to maintain a “quiet atmosphere” (sic!) as Cambodians went to the polls to elect local leaders of commune councils.

“We banned all stations that handle VOA and RFA programs,” he said, adding that the ban had been conducted legally.

Chea Sundaneth, director of the Women’s Media Center, which broadcasts the US-government programming on FM102, said they had received a call from the ministry Thursday night and were told to cease the broadcasts. They also ceased broadcasts of Radio France International and Radio Australia.

Foreign broadcasters shut down for Cambodian elections

04 June 2012
By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator
Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ)

How far has democracy advanced in Cambodia?

Not very far.

Activists from three different political parties died during the 15-day campaign period leading up to the elections, in which the ruling Cambodian People's Party won a large majority of seats, according to a report issued by the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel). The Phnom Penh Post ran articles on "allegations of intimidation, ghost voting, and electoral-roll sabotage" in the election, and the U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA) published a story headlined "Observers: Cambodian Vote Improved but Problems Remain."

Comfrel documented the various irregularities in the election--listing at least 100--but the U.S.-owned Radio Free Asia (RFA) and VOA brought to our attention one specific one: the silencing of the transmission of their broadcasts on five local FM stations on Sunday. The one-day ban also seemed to extend to Radio Australia and Radio France Internationale.

The decision to silence the overseas broadcasters was apparently made by the Ministry of Information and came with no advance warning. The government couldn't silence shortwave signals coming into the country, but the shutdown of the FM signals was the most effective in urban areas, where the FM signals are strongest.

In an email message, RFA told us they were taken by surprise by the shutdown and that they had received no complaints from the government in the run-up to the voting. Authorities did not release a statement about the shutdown of the broadcasters.

RFA called it a giant step backward for the country. That seems about right.

Ban Text Books Not Constitutional: Op-Ed by Kok Sap

15/7/2010
Op-Ed by Kok Sap
Orginally poted at http://khamerlogue.wordpress.com/

On 14/7/2010 the news said Mr. Im Sethy, the Education Minister, issued order to ban the general knowledge textbooks authored by Pen Puthsphea because they contain "unsuitable" materials deemed critical to Hun Sen, the government leader, such as, "In the near future, will Cambodia be able to develop? Why?" and, "What do you think of the practice of human rights and freedom in Cambodian society?"

The answer to the first question reads: "The government which is currently led by Prime Minister Hun Sen will not be able to lead Cambodia towards progress in the near future because corruption occurs from the top level of the government down to the local level, and law enforcement and the practice of human rights are still below zero."

It appears the textbooks questions and answers seem inadequately constituting a false statement or threat to national security. More than likely they are in the frame of the constitutionality (see reference). The minister's action clearly shows that Cambodia under Mr.Hun Sen personal cult influence soon it will have a full blown authoritarian regime. It's a sure thing to happen as soon as Heng Samrin or Chea Sim and Sihanouk are out of the picture.

So does it deem appropriate for citizens to speak truth about the government inability or flaws? According to the Constitution (see reference) people can criticize or denounce or file complaint against their government.

In the developed countries, it is the understanding that criticism comes with the public service job and elected offices. Hun Sen has been appointed in 1985 then after 1993 before got elected by the voters to the same job for the last 12 years. However that does not mean he is effective in leading. According to old Kung Fu Tzu says," a leader must himself be correct. If he shows correctness, who will dare not to be correct?" In other word it takes one to be one.

The argument could also be thrown in why does he not stop the corruption all these years? The people know the government at all levels are corrupted; therefore, the author's views are reflective the truth in the current government conducts.

Since 1993, billions of dollars in donations poured in Cambodia government coffer to reduce poverty, maintain and rehabilitate the nation necessities. But the majority of people still barely survive on less than $0.50 a day standard. Also the prevalence of authoritarianism and corruption in government is too profane that spared no criticism from the UN Human Rights Council, the World Bank and International Monetary Funds. They all agree Cambodia government lacks good will to ensure good governance, transparency and accountability.

As far as the textbook materials concerned, probably Mr.Hun Sen would agree no less that he, himself, hears threats and critics from donors at each annual consultative conference. Also the author raised the questions which may have nothing to do with Mr. Hun Sen in personal but they are more in tunes with his triangular and rectangular policy deficiencies and oversights. As usual in old saying," Is there no smoke unless must there be no fire" as otherwise the donors would not insist on Cambodia to hurry in passing the anti-corruption and land laws.

The author said his books have been in the market since 2006 but why now the education minister wants them pulled from the student interests. Undoubtedly there must be a brownie point for Mr. Im Sethy to score and please Mr. Hun Sen. His action is an infringement of the constitutional relevance.

Not long ago Mr.Khieu Kannharith, himself, was accused of violating the international copy rights protection that landed him in legal battle with the original novel 'Shogun' publisher. But Cambodia government said nothing to that. In effect Mr.Khieu Kanharith isn't so clean and ideal leader to preach laws. Herewith the author shall challenge both co-conspirators, Im Sethy and Khieu Kanharith, for violation of the constitutionality in the court of laws.

Laterally Mr. Im Sethy should acknowledge and be more diligent in straightening out his subordinates as government employed educators or instructors to stop extorting money and bribery from students. It is plain wrong and corruptive. In such regard he should support and encourage the young students to take part and assist the regime to fight corruption.

This is to say that Mr. Hun Sen aware of his own inability to progress the country without more donations. Also he must know it takes more than he to eradicate corruption in Cambodia. In the best interest of the nation, Mr. Hun Sen and his government shall embrace the democratic growth of free expression and praise the courageous ones who exercise their rights to educate Cambodia future generations to do the right thing for the country sake.

Reference:

The 1993 Constitution- Article 39 says," Khmer citizens shall have the right to denounce, make complaints or file claims against any breach of the law by State and social organs or by members of such organs committed during the course of their duties. The settlement of complaints and claims shall reside under the competence of the courts."

Article 41 also says," Khmer citizens shall have freedom of expression, press, publication and assembly. No one shall exercise this right to infringe upon the rights of others, to affect the good traditions of the society, to violate public law and order and national security. The regime of the media shall be determined by law."

Article 65 says, "The State shall protect and upgrade citizens' rights to quality education at all levels and shall take necessary steps for equality education to reach all citizens. The State shall respect physical education and sports for the welfare of all Khmer citizens."

On the ban of books deemed critical to Strongman Hun Xen ... read on KI-Media

Friday, July 16, 2010
Opinion by X-Men, and Anonymous KI-Media Reader

Books are a compilation of personal experiences good and bad, thus in the free world these personal experiences help shape the future so one may prevent such reoccurrences in one's nation or country. Should students become limited with their search for the truth then knowledge itself has been kept away from what will be told. This behavior is not a good way for anyone, not to mention the country. I think the reason why free speech is not allowed in a country such as Cambodia is because of enormous wealth to be discovered and to be made. When people are free to speak and to offer their opinions which translates that the government itself is not doing an exceptional job thus it will lead to a replacement of the government itself. And when those who are at the top of the food chain seem that the public have intervened it will become a huge problem for them. When it becomes a problem to them it means that their personal interests have become inconvenienced. Knowledge also means wealth. The more you know the more you earn the less you know the less you earn. Because of this simple expression the government prefers to keep the public at a distant path of knowledge, thus it leads to a very minimum of personal expressions. Education is the key to solve many problems because it is human that creates all of these problems among themselves. Those who have power want more power while those who have less power also want more power as well. Having said that, I urge the government to really encourage people to speak more based on the actuality of the reality and not based on defamation and accusations. When we learn to criticize anyone we must have everything in our perspective before we begin to judge and vice-versa. In addition, I urge the Ministry of Information (MoI) to focus on what they can do to work with the public working together in reshaping Cambodia into a better place and less focus on trivial issues. We are still facing with many great challenges ahead in the coming years, thus the MoI should learn to accept that some criticisms might actually do some good for their future growth and not just fear and be intimidated by what is meant to be well thought expression and not just a lousy worrysome over some odd trivial opinions.

Hope to speak again soon.

X-Men

Auction of Srey Krup Leak scene will be be banned by Cambodian censors

Bogus news story on million-dollar daughter auction causes outrage

Fri, 30 Apr 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - An article on the front page of one of Cambodia's biggest-selling newspapers has caused outrage after reporting that a woman was auctioning off her highly eligible daughter for 1 million dollars, local media reported Friday.

The article in the Koh Santepheap newspaper said the mother was driven to distraction trying to find a suitor for her foreign-educated and beautiful daughter and decided an auction - with bids starting at 1 million dollars - would resolve the problem.

The only catch? The news story was a disguised advertisement for a movie being filmed for the national television channel CTN, and the so-called facts were the script.

But that was not disclosed until the end of the story on another page of the paper, and it seemed many readers did not get that far.

One outraged reader said he was shocked to read about the so-called auction.

"The mother considers her daughter to be like clothing - she is selling her daughter," reader Chhum Thy told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.

After being told the story was in fact just a story, he said the newspaper ought not to confuse fact with fiction.

"Koh Santepheap is a famous newspaper, and it is not good that it runs false information," he said.

Another reader said the story could damage outsiders' perceptions of Cambodia if they failed to realize it was bogus.

Even the government weighed in with an undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Culture saying the article had implications of human trafficking, which is a serious problem in Cambodia.

He said censors would ban any auction scene from the final film.

The author of the film script told the Phnom Penh Post that she would write a letter to Koh Santepheap asking that it make it clear that the piece was fiction.

Cloggers: young Cambodian voices find their own way on the Web [... as it should be]

Phnom Penh (Cambodia), 23/02/2009. Young Cambodian woman checking her e-mail in an internet café (Photo: Vandy Rattana)

02-03-2009
By Corinne Callebaut
Ka-set

They are young, free and feel like talking about anything without any taboo. These young people are Cambodian bloggers, also known as “cloggers”, the way they self-named themselves. Through the medium of a simple keyboard, they write what very few Cambodians can or dare express openly. Contemporary social issues, love, sex, political opinions, forced evictions... Cloggers will tackle any subject, sharing stories and chatting together without measure, making the most of the Internet, that so-called free space, almost exempt of censorship. The government is only slowly starting to take an interest in that space and would like to see it more regulated via a law, currently under preparation. But till then, the Khmer blogosphere, home to and incredible and surprising breeding ground of opinions, keeps organising itself like busy bees.

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