Information Ministry Revokes Licenses for Three Digital Publications

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The Ministry of Information on Tuesday revoked business licenses for three digital media outlets, alleging the publications violated journalistic professional ethics and contracts. The Information Ministry released a letter dated March 15 stating its legislative committee had decided the three outlets disseminated information that violated journalistic ethics and the outlets’ contracts with the ministry. The media outlets are Bayong Times, KCTV and Cambodia Today.

 

As part of its decision, the ministry ordered directors of the 25 capital and provincial information departments not to renew the licenses of the three media outlets. Information Ministry information and broadcasting director Phos Sovann declined to comment.

 

Touch Yuthea, editor-in-chief of Cambodia Today, said the Information Ministry canceled his outlet’s license because he had published an article in early February about civil servants requesting the prime minister and the head of the Anti-Corruption Unit investigate procurement fraud at the Labor Ministry.

 

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