TVK Cameraman Attacked at CNRP Human Rights Rally

A cameraman from the state-run Television Kampuchea (TVK) was assaulted at Freedom Park on Tuesday as he tried to film CNRP leaders at a rally to mark International Human Rights Day, the victim and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said. Seng Chan, 34, said he was slapped about a dozen times and strangled during an altercation with attackers who accused him and the state broadcaster of bias toward Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling CPP. “A person shouted that TVK videos [of opposition events] are never broadcast,” Mr. Chan said by telephone. “A monk pulled my collar and asked me where I was from,” he said. “They said that TVK would only broadcast the bad images and never the good images.” … The Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) issued a statement Tuesday afternoon condemning the attack and said journalists’ rights are enshrined in the Constitution. “It is even more of a shame that this happened on Human Rights Day,” the statement says.

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