[Editor’s note: Lem Pichpisey, a 40-year-old reporter for Radio Free Asia, arrived in Norway under UN protection last month following reported death threats and a flight with his family from Cambodia last year. The government and spokesmen for Prime Minister Hun Sen have repeatedly denied allegations of involvement in illegal logging, a subject of Lem [...]
US FBI agents assist Cambodian journalist murder investigation
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has sent two agents to Phnom Penh to assist in the investigation of the murder of opposition journalist Khim Sambo and his son.
The Phnom Penh Post quotes a US embassy spokesman saying the agents were assigned to Cambodia following a request from the Ministry of Interior, and that their [...]
Ministry Yet to Detail FBI Aid in Murder Case
The Ministry of Interior has formed an “investigation committee” to determine how to move forward in the murder case of opposition journalist Khim Sambor, an official said Tuesday.
The ministry has received a letter from the FBI, but the investigation committee will decide how the FBI can help, said Interior Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak [...]
Cambodian editor in chief fled for U.S. for sake of safety
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) – Dam Sith, editor in chief for the Khmer Conscience News, which is closed related with the major opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), has secretly fled Cambodia for U.S. for the sake of his safety, national media said Monday.
Sith was once jailed over accusation by Foreign Minister Hor Namhong for [...]
FBI to Aid in Case of Murdered Journalist
The Ministry of Interior has accepted an offer of help from the FBI in investigating the pre-election murder of an opposition journalist, officials said Monday.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday had accepted the FBI’s help in the case of Khim Sambor, and opposition journalist, and his son, who [...]
Cambodia calls in FBI to help find journalist’s killer
Phnom Penh – Cambodia has called on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help find the killer of an opposition journalist and his son, who were gunned down last month during the the national election campaign, a government spokesman said Saturday. Police General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said that Cambodian [...]
Two Journalists Awarded for ‘Courage’
Two Cambodian journalists have been awarded the Hellman/Hammet Writer’s Award, for upholding standards of journalism despite political persecution.
Chheang Bopha, 28, and Duong Sokha, 27, were selected among 34 journalists from 19 countries to receive the award, which “recognizes courage in the face of political prosecution,” Human Rights Watch, which administers the award, said in a [...]
Cambodia Electioneering Turn Violent as U.S. Offers FBI Help
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The United States has joined a chorus of international condemnation and offered FBI assistance after a prominent Cambodian journalist was shot dead just two weeks ahead of national elections.
Khim Sambo, 47, and his 21-year-old son Khat Sarinpheata were riding on a motorbike near Phnom Penh’s Olympic Stadium when gunmen opened fire, [...]
CAMBODIA: Journalist shot and killed in run-up to elections
New York, July 14, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of journalist Khem Sambo and calls upon Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to immediately launch an independent investigation into the killing. CPJ is concerned that Sambo may have been targeted in reprisal for his reporting on government corruption.
A journalist with the [...]
Cambodia: Murder of Journalist Jolts Run-Up to Election
(New York, July 16, 2008) With less than two weeks before Cambodia’s National Assembly elections on July 27, the political climate has sharply deteriorated, highlighted by the killing of opposition journalist Khim Sambo and his son in a drive-by shooting on July 11 in Phnom Penh, Human Rights Watch said today. At 6:30 p.m. on [...]