A perfect example of unscrupulous CPP media

May 1, 2009

A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF UNSCRUPULOUS CPP MEDIA

Today, CPP mouthpiece Rasmei Kampuchea (Light of Cambodia) shows the extent to which the CPP media can be shamelessly unscrupulous. Instead of publishing a clarification letter as requested by the SRP Cabinet following a baseless accusation contained in its April 23 edition (see our April 27 statement below), it re-publishes exactly the same April 23 article with the same baseless accusation to show that it is not happy with our clarification letter!

Rasmei Kampuchea maintains its invented story and continues to put lies in the mouth of a fake witness, who has since recanted. But it continues to remain totally silent on the most noticeable fact that a CPP member of parliament, Mrs. Long Sakhorn, is illegally filling a river in Sihanoukville in order to grab public land.

SRP Cabinet

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April 27, 2009

RASMEI KAMPUCHEA IS A CPP TOOL

TO COVER UP CRIMES COMMITTED BY CPP OFFICIALS

After making a grave accusation against Sam Rainsy, pro-CPP newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea refuses to publish a clarification from the SRP and ignores journalist code of ethics.

On April 23, 2009, Rasmei Kampuchea published a front-page article with a big headline: "Sam Rainsy is accused of grabbing public land in Sihanoukville." In the article, there is a photo with the following caption: "Stone fence with iron gate closing a dirt road at O Tres village on Mr. Sam Rainsy's land."

Also on April 23, 2009, the SRP cabinet immediately wrote a clarification letter to Rasmei Kampuchea's editor specifying that Sam Rainsy owns no land whatsoever in Sihanoukville. But the SRP cabinet did specify that Sam Rainsy had a few friends who legally owned pieces of land in Sihanoukville and had invited Sam Rainsy to go there a few times. The SRP Cabinet has learned from those friends that a lady named Long Sakhorn, who is a CPP member of parliament, is trying to grab their lands by illegally filling an adjacent river. The victims decided to build a fence in order to prevent Mrs. Long Sakhorn from continuing to fill in the river, which is an act violating the public domain and destroying the environment.

By its adamant refusal to publish the clarification from the SRP, Rasmei Kampuchea shows that it is paid by dishonest people to write stories to defame innocent people and that it is a tool for the CPP to cover up crimes committed by CPP officials.

See letter to Rasmei Kampuchea's editor at http://tinyurl.com/dhoxps

More information on the case at http://tinyurl.com/c22ytl

SRP Cabinet