Ben Sokhean | Publication date 22 January 2018 | 07:08 ICT
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Prime Minister Hun Sen greets members of the press at his second annual meeting with media organisations. Facebook
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with members of the press yesterday, not shying away from classifying some journalists and media outlets as extortionists and tax evaders, while applauding United States President Donald Trump’s efforts to go after so-called fake news.
The annual event, in which the premier addressed more than 3,000 members of the media on Koh Pich, follows a crackdown in the Kingdom that saw more than a dozen radio outlets and in-country operations for US-funded Radio Free Asia shuttered, as well as the closing of the Cambodia Daily over back taxes. In his speech, the premier seemed to point the blame squarely at the Daily.
“Some press operated in Cambodia violating Cambodia’s laws, especially they have not paid the taxes properly,” he said, adding that they were now “performing” as political victims.
The premier also seemed to blame the media for exaggeration, saying that it dictated whether or not a situation is “hot” or “cold”.
“If you want the situation to be hot, then you write insulting things and then it becomes hot,” he said.
As he has over the past year, the premier then applauded Trump’s attack on the “fake news” media, commending awards the president recently gave out to media outlets he particularly disapproved.
“Even in the US they have this kind of press and the US president created press awards for fake and lying news,” he said.
“In Cambodia, this type of press happens . . . It does not respect Cambodia’s law and when it is revealed, it acts as the victim to get pity from foreign governments. This case should not happen again. The Ministry of Information offering the licence must take the responsibility for this.”
3 comments:
The evil Yuon has presented a devil one eye monster Hun Sen to Khmer people and Cambodia.
This devil Hun Sen is not afraid to kill Khmer people ( K5, 1997 coup d'Etat, Chea Vichea, Chhut Vuthy, Kem Ley, etc...) and to destroy Cambodia ( 99 years land concession to Yuon, millions of illegal Vietnamese, put 4 provinces under Yuon's control, signing of the 2005 supplemental treaty, destruction of Khmer natural resource, etc...
What should Khmer people do to stop Hun Sen ?
Khmer people have done the right thing by uniting to vote Hun Sen out, but this devil Hun Sen has crushed Khmer people's hope when he dissolved the CNRP.
To solve the problem Khmer people need to wage a nationwide peaceful demonstration a few days before the election day and let the momentum of the demonstration building up on the election day, causing chaos so that the election halt immediately.
If Khmer people fail to stop the election, Ah Hun Sen will proclaim that he is the new Prime Minister of the new government. Any demonstration afterward will be prosecuted by his new government as color revolution.
That's why the demonstration to STOP THE ELECTION is extremely crucial. we must help ourselves first and the international community will help us to force Hun Sen to reinstate the CNRP so that it could participate in the election.
This is the right time to sacrifice our life for our motherland. Yuon and its slave Hun Sen will not give up Cambodia easily. We must fight hard to get it.
93 Years Old Woman
The communist dog is barking again.
Why are there so many dogs?
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