Telecom law grants ‘police powers’

15 August 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Communications / Communications policy and administration / Government / Infrastructure / Law and judiciary / Law making process / Laws and regulations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Code of Criminal Procedures / Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications / Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia / TRC

Private-sector representatives today are to conclude a two-day consultation forum with the government over the controversial new draft telecommunications law. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications’ (MPT) yet-to-be-approved draft law includes provisions that grant the ministry judicial powers to indict telecom service-related operators and even everyday users of communications devices over breaches of the proposed laws, according to an unofficially translated version of the confidential document. ...

 Eddie Morton
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