Information Ministry Revokes Licenses for Three Digital Publications

Description

The Information Ministry revoked 3 media licenses — three from news organizations that were accused of publishing information that violated journalistic ethics and corporate contracts, and another one accused of immoral acts while live streaming on Facebook. The Information Ministry on 18 July 2022, has three of these news organizations to recontinue their broadcasts. Three media outlets have had their license canceled. Bayong Times, Khmer Cover TV (KCTV), and Cambodia Today shut down after the ministry said in a statement they had “published information that violated journalistic professional ethics and corporate contracts.” Touch Yuthea, Editor-in-Chief of Cambodiatoday, told CamboJA that his publication has done nothing wrong and said the government was putting pressure on independent news sources.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Male
Age
Country
Kampot
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Minstry of Information
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Law/regulation that affecting press freedom