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Information Ministry claims press freedom supporters are ‘killing’ democracy


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Mech Dara and Erin Handley

 

Cambodia's Ministry of Information has chalked up 2017 as a “huge success for the government”, saying supporters of jailed journalists were “killing” democracy and the closure of multiple media outlets was necessary.

 

During a speech in Phnom Penh on Friday morning presenting the ministry’s annual report, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith maintained that Cambodia was “on the right track” during a year of heightened scrutiny, which saw the jailing of opposition leader Kem Sokha and the forcible dissolution of his party.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/information-ministry-claims-press-freedom-supporters-are-killing-democracy

 

 
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