Foreign Radio Broadcasts Banned Ahead of Election

29 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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The Ministry of Information has banned the broadcast of all Khmer-language programs by foreign radio stations for the entire 31 days of the pre-election campaign period and on election day, July 28, warning that legal action will ensue if stations fail to comply. The ban, announced on Friday, immediately silenced Khmer-language radio broadcasts from Voice of America, Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Radio France International, which are relayed in Cambodia through such stations as Beehive Radio F.M. 105 and the Women’s Media Center (WMC) F.M. 102. ... The ban, which was signed on Tuesday by Secretary of State and “acting Information Minister” Ouk Prathna, but only made public on Friday, states: “All F.M. radio stations must suspend relaying and airing all Khmer-language programs of foreign radios during the 31 days of the election campaign and election day.” ...

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