Radio broadcasters Voice of America and Radio Free Asia have become the latest media outlets to come under government scrutiny over their operating licences and tax liabilities. The Ministry of Economy and Finance has asked the Ministry of Information to take legal action against VOA and RFA for allegedly failing to register for tax and operating without a media licence.

 

This follows a meeting of the Council of Ministers last week in which Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered officials to investigate media outlets for failing to pay tax. The Cambodia Daily has been notified that it owes $6.1 million in tax for the years 2007 to 2016, according General Tax Department documents. Mr Hun Sen said he was not using the tax law as a political pretext against critics.

 

“This is just a matter of implementing the taxation law,” he said. On Friday, the Ministry of Economy sent the Ministry of Information a letter asking it to take action against RFA and VOA.

 

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This seems like a way to choke off real radio for the government  in what can be  a take over of free media in  

 

Edited August 14, 20178 yr by realenglish1