Journalists Facing Extortion Charges, Tycoon Threats for Sensitive Stories

Description

The Ministry of Information revoked the license of news website Khmer Cover TV (KCTV) on 16 January 2023 after finding that the news institution has committed ‘serious ethical violations’.

According to the Information Ministry’s statement signed by the Minister, KCTV has committed serious ethical violations of the journalism profession and has twice refused to follow the Ministry’s guardianship instruction, which is contrary to the business contract of the applicant’s deposited with the Ministry of Information. However, the statement did not mention any specific case of ethical violation.

The digital news outlet was among the three media outlets which had their licenses cancelled once on 15 March 2022 by the Information Ministry for “publishing information that violated journalistic professional ethics and corporate contracts.” The Ministry revised its decision on 18 July 2022, allowing the three media outlets to resume its operation.

Information
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Other
Status of journalists
Data not available
Gender
Male
Age
Data not collected
Country
Phnom Penh Capital
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Information Ministry
Background (state actor or non state actor)
State actor (Police officer, Military officer, Government, public institution, etc)
Gender
Male
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2023
Type of incident
Closure or suspension of media outlet by authority
Please type the data source here (Link)
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501223002/websites-license-revoked-after-serious-ethical-violations/
https://cambojanews.com/journalists-facing-extortion-charges-tycoon-threats-for-sensitive-stories/