US Broadcaster Rejects Cambodian Claims of ‘Bias’
The Broadcasting Board of Governors, the US agency that oversees the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, has rejected claims by the Cambodian government that its broadcasters fabricate or manipulate news. In a statement responding to a report by the Cambodian Council of Ministers this week making the accusations, BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell rejected what he called “unsubstantiated claims of bias” by the Cambodian government. The Council of Ministers report followed violent crackdowns on protesters in recent weeks, including clashes Monday between government security forces and supporters of the independent broadcaster Beehive Radio.
Demonstrators had gathered in the capital to protest a government rejection of a Beehive application for increase FM signal and a television license. Beehive Radio carries VOA and RFA programming, among other international broadcasts, and is one of the few remaining independent broadcast media outlets in Cambodia. …
The Council of Ministers’ Quick Reaction Unit, which handles the media, said in its report that the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was “supported by foreign broadcasting, especially the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.” …
VOA Khmer
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