Nguyen Viet Chien will grant an early release to a journalist jailed for his aggressive coverage of a government corruption scandal, an official said Friday.
Chien, 56, a reporter with the popular Thanh Nien newspaper, and fellow reporter Nguyen Van Hai, 33, of Tuoi Tre newspaper were arrested in May for in their coverage of a 2005 scandal in which Transportation Ministry officials were accused of gambling with allegedly embezzled funds. Authorities said their reporting included "inaccurate information." Do we believe the Vietnamese communist leaders while Cambodia remains occupied by Vietnam? In Cambodia ? 10 UN RESOLUTIONS,(1979-1988) VOTED BY 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES ,CALL VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY, ARE NOT RESPECTED AS OF TODAY. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since 1988. Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders. Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once. Bury ====================================== Material for reading :Official: Vietnam to release jailed reporter early The Associated Press Fri, Jan 16, 2009 (3:45 a.m.) Vietnam will grant an early release to a journalist jailed for his aggressive coverage of a government corruption scandal, an official said Friday. Le The Tiem, Vice Minister of Public Security, says journalist Nguyen Viet Chien will be released Saturday along with more than 15,000 prisoners as part of an annual Lunar New Year prison amnesty. The Lunar New Year festivities, Vietnam's biggest holiday, start on Jan. 26. "Nguyen Viet Chien will be released in this presidential amnesty for showing remorse while serving his sentence," Tiem told reporters, referring to Chien's release as a special case. Chien, 56, a reporter with the popular Thanh Nien newspaper, and fellow reporter Nguyen Van Hai, 33, of Tuoi Tre newspaper were arrested in May for in their coverage of a 2005 scandal in which Transportation Ministry officials were accused of gambling with allegedly embezzled funds. Authorities said their reporting included "inaccurate information." Chien was sentenced to two years in prison in a trial in October after being convicted of "abusing freedom and democracy" while Hai was given a two years of probation on the same charges. Vietnam's media is state controlled, and many journalists self-censor, though the government has previously encouraged reporters to investigate corruption cases. One day after the pair were arrested, their newspapers ran highly unusual front page stories criticizing the government's handling of the case and demanding the reporters' release. The editors of both papers were subsequently fired. Reporters and international human rights groups criticized the government for the arrests and conviction saying they would discourage reporters from covering corruption. Tiem said 15,140 prisoners will be released on Saturday, the biggest ever presidential amnesty. Among them are 36 foreign nationals, including a British citizen, a French citizen and 19 Chinese. Also to be released are 277 former officials who were jailed for corruption charges will be released this time, he added. From: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]: Internet & libel law when HENG SAMRIN : OATH OF LOYALTY TO HO CHI MINHDate: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:32:06 -0800 When HENG SAMRIN made this : OATH OF LOYALTY TO HO CHI MINH ""Our people would like to pay respect and express profound gratitude to Chairman Ho Chi Minh, founder of the ICP, who had left a brilliant example of the precious patrotic spirit and clear-sighted international solidarity—an invincible force no power can destroy-to the next generations." With Cambodia occupied by Vietnam in violation of the 10 UN resolutions from 1979-2009 . Who run Cambodia ? Not the Vietnamese puppet King Sihamoni. Rather the Vietnamese invaders ,his partners in crimes in violation of the 10 UN resolutions. Look to this report. This man ,KHIEU KANHARITH, a fake "Cambodian " name is a Vietnamese , appointed as "Cambdoian" Minister of Information by King Sihanouk and son King Sihamoni. Thursday, January 15, 2009 Internet exempt from libel law: govt Thursday, 15 January 2009 Written by Brendan Brady and Sam Rith The Phnom Penh Post Information Ministry denies legislation extending libel to audovisual media will limit internetThe Ministry of Information has denied that new libel legislation it is drafting for audiovisual media will bear on the internet, despite previous claims by its minister, Khieu Kanharith, that the recent explosion of websites was an impetus for the measure.In a statement released Tuesday, the ministry said the law would target "audiovisual content in radio, television and print only", adding that public criticism of it levelled by local journalists earlier in the day was "absolutely untruthful". But Sam Rithy Doung Hak, a monitor for the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists, the group that condemned the proposed legislation as unwarranted censorship, said the ministry was simply "backtracking ... probably because of pressure from international groups based here".Despite the ministry's claims, he said popular websites and cartoons critical of the government would be susceptible to censorship if the law were introduced. He singled out the online materials of news aggregator Khmer Intelligence and Australian-based Khmer cartoonist Sacrava as potential targets. Khieu Kanharith was not available for comment Wednesday.Don't regulate criticismLocal leaders of Cambodia's online community remain deeply cynical of any government efforts to regulate media content given its shaky track record. Cambodia is currently ranked 128th - or "partially free" - on the US-based Freedom House organisation's 2008 press freedom listKeo Kounila, a local blogger and journalist, said vibrant opposition voices were essential to the fabric of a democracy, and saw the proposed bill as counterproductive to growth of the country's nascent political environment. "The government should try to understand criticism [directed at it], not regulate it. This is similar to what China is trying to do," she said, referring to the vigorous online censorship conducted by the communist state.Norbert Klein, a Phnom Penh-based German who is credited with having introduced, internet to Cambodia in 1994, called the proposed legislation "very problematic"."If there is legislation, it should be technically enforceable and legal. Neither is the case." The demands of the law were unrealistic and unprecedented, he added."When the law says every ISP will need a license from the Information Ministry and Communication Ministry, no other country in the world has that," said Klein, who is also a policy adviser for ICANN, an international non-profit group that deliberates on a wide range of internet protocol issues. He said media censorship was susceptible to "escalation" in times of political turmoil and questioned the government's ability to regulate content using standards accepted by the population. HOR NAM HONG , A VIETNAMESE ,APPOINTED by King Sihamoni, AS FOREIGN MINISTER OF CAMBODIA TO NEGOTIATE AND TALK ON BEHALF OF THE KHMER PEOPLE HERE. this woman , the Deputy Prime Ministers Men Sam An(A VIETNAMESE ), Nhek Bun Chhay and Keat Chhon. Ms Chea Leang seen here on this picture ,the so called "CAMBODIAN" CO-PROSECUTOR, is a Vietnamese woman Phnom Penh (Cambodia) 20 November 2006. Co-prosecutors Robert Petit talked to Chea Leang(a Vietnamese posing as "Cambodian" co-prosecutor) during the plenary session of judges for the KR Tribunal (Photo: John Vink/Magnum) Tribunal Prosecutors Differ on Added Suspects Chea Leang(a Vietnamese posing as "Cambodian" co-prosecutor)Tribunal judges will determine whether more suspects should be investigated. THE KHMER MONARCHS COLLABORATION WITH THE VIETNAMESE INVADERS HAVE THESE CONSEQUENCES. THE KHMER MONARCHS IGNORES THE 10 UN RESOLUTIONS AND THE US PRESIDENT CALL TO VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA. President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York . September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." LOOK TO THIS LABEL ? A CAMBODIAN POLICE means A VIETNAMESE HERE A VIETNAMESE RUNNING THE POLICE IN CAMBODIA with a fake name Choun Narin . LOOK TO THE LABEL : a Vietnamese with a fake Cambodian name : Choun narin . ? BURY Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. Check it out._________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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