Cambodian TV journo receives death threats

Cambodian TV journalist Soy Sopheap has received death threats following his commentary on alleged corruption in the military. Reporters Sans Frontieres reports that an anonymous letter was left last September 8 in front of a Phnom Penh bar habitually frequented by the city’s journalists. “I’ve had it in for you for a long time, dirty Soy Sopheap,” the letter read. “Watch out for yourself when you criticise the stars; it means death”. The word ’stars’ is said to allude to generals. RSF says Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith has promised a full investigation.

Cambodian lecturer critical of government arrested for ‘disinformation’

The Asian Human Rights Commission says it has received information that Teang Narith, a law and politics lecturer at Sihanouk Raj Buddhist University in Phnom Penh who was dismissed last August for writing a book critical of the government, was arrested on September 4. The AHRC says the investigating judge has charged the lecturer with the criminal offence of disinformation and sent him to prison.

Cambodian publisher sued for ‘criminal disinformation’

A charge of ‘criminal disinformation’ filed against a Cambodian newspaper publisher is raising concerns among free speech advocates in the country. The Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC) says the legal action against Mr. Dam Sithek, publisher of Moneakseka Khmer (Khmer Conscience) newspaper, was made by a government lawyer on behalf to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An.

Cambodian editor harassed for linking Hun Sen nephew to land grab

The editor-in-chief of a Cambodian newspaper, “Sralanh Khmer” (Love Khmer) has received death threats and a lawsuit from a nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen, reports coming out Phnom Penh say. The editor reportedly is being harassed for a published article which suggests that Hun Sen’s nephew, Hun Tho, was involved in a land-grabbing case in Northeast Mondolkiri province.