CNRP’s TV Station to Be Moved

The Cambodia National Rescue Party’s (CNRP) Sun TV station, the country’s first opposition aligned station, is to be relocated because it’s original construction site in Kandal province’s Takhmao city was banned by authorities, according to officials. CNRP spokesman Yem Ponnarith told reporters yesterday the new site complies with authority guidelines.

“Concerning Sun TV, certain processes were done, but we were obstructed,” he said. “Now we found a new location that complies with the conditions they [the authorities] expected. And now, we hope the new place responds to the required conditions. So the process to do paperwork and to construct the TV antenna will happen in the near future, if there won’t be another obstruction.”

Doeum Mean commune police chief Seng Vuthy said construction was banned due to local resident’s concerns over electromagnetic radiation emitted by the antenna, despite it being scientifically proven that such antennas have no adverse effects on human health. “The restriction to the construction of Sun TV’s antenna was made after 21 people living in the area filed a complaint expressing their concerns about the danger of the electromagnetic radiation broadcasted by the antenna. They said the electromagnetic radiation could damage their health,” he said.

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