Media clampdown not seen in Cambodia since the early 1970s continues as another newspaper hits trouble

 

Cambodia's last bastion of independent daily news, The Phnom Penh Post, is facing closure after being hit with a huge tax bill, making it the latest casualty in a government crackdown on the media, sources close to the newspaper say.

 

A report by online news outlet AEC News said the Post will need a massive cash injection within the next 60 days and quotes computer hackers as saying Post Media Co. Ltd. has been hit with a tax penalty of US$3.9 million.

 

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China's vassal state murdering democracy.

This is what dictators, or wanna be dictators do. They scream fake news, and they deflect the truth, every opportunity they get. Looks like Hun Sen, the serial killing, land grabbing, multi billionaire, is attempting to emulate his idol, King Vlad of Russia. Why keep the media around? They just get in the way, and continue to report unfriendly and fake news! Get rid of them. China did it. Russia did it. They are attempting to stifle the media in the US. Go for it. You are not being held accountable for your actions, by any of the Western powers. Might as well do as you please.

On ‎3‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 4:22 PM, meinphuket said:

China's vassal state murdering democracy.

Yep. I think this is the last of the English language newspapers. Give it another year or two, and all the Khmer printed news will be gone too. Then nothing but censored Facebook news for the Khmer masses.

Hun Sen really needs a bullet in the head ASAP.