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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sopheng Cheang

Independent radio station in Cambodia shut on order of PM

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Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen shut down one of the last few independent media outlets in the country on Sunday with less than six months to go until a general election.

The prime minister ordered the immediate revocation of Voice Of Democracy‘s (VOD) operating licence after the outlet published an article that he claimed intentionally slandered his son.

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