There are no such things as independent newspaper editors. They are
either pro-government or pro-oppositions. Those who write for the oppositions
will say all the good things about the oppositions and their leaders and will
look for all negative information about the government officials. The
pro-government editors write all good things about the government and report
all bad news about the oppositions.
Writers generally look for higher bid to publish stories or articles for
politicians on both sides. Many writers are interested in financial income
or rewards rather than the important national issues; hence they tend to
overlook all factual materials. Most of the time, the information written in
the articles are of hearsay and lack legal evidences to substantiate the
charges.
As the results, those who have more money and power will have plenty of
writers to support them, and those who have less money and little power,
will find fewer writers and some will land in jail.
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Court Calls in Another Editor for Questions
By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
09 July 2009
A second opposition newspaper editor was issued a subpoena Wednesday, to
answer questions on a number of criminal charges, just one week after the
jailing of his colleague.
The subpoena calls for Dam Sith, editor of Moneaksekar Khmer, to appear in
court July 14, for questioning in a government lawsuit for defamation,
insult, disinformation, incitement and a “breaking of solidarity.”
Dam Sith was briefly jailed in a lawsuit brought by Foreign Minister Hor
Namhong last year, after publishing remarks by opposition leader Sam Rainsy
implicating the minister in the Khmer Rouge.
Dam Sith told VOA Khmer Wednesday he received the summons June 29.
“Until this time, I did not know that government sued me for any articles,
and I am looking for lawyer to defend my case,” he said.
Long Dara, a government lawyer, said Dam Sith was being sued for 18
articles written between February and May, “published to incite a conflict
among
senior government officials without fact.”
The articles were over the appointment of Gen. Pol Saroeun to
commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, as he replaced Gen. Ke
Kim Yan.
“We have much evidence to sue Dam Sith in these cases,” Long Dara said.
“These articles attacked the government and incited to have conflict and a
break-up of internal government solidarity,” he said. “In the lawsuit, we
site penal charges relating to articles 60, 61, 62, and 63 in the 1992
penal code.”
The case comes in the wake of a yearlong prison sentence for another
opposition journalist.
Hang Chakra, chief of the Khmer Mchas Srok newspaper, was imprisoned and
fined after publishing reports in April and May that implicated Council
Minister Sok An in corrupt practices.
“I would like to call for the court to seriously investigate and to request
the court use the media law to sentence or to have a hearing for Dam Sith’
s case,” Um Sarin, president of the Cambodian Association for Protection of
Journalists, said Wednesday.
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