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WASHINGTON DC Chhang Song, a wartime information minister, post-war ruling party senator, and self-styled ambassador of the Cambodian-American community, was born a writer. As a child of poor parents in rural Takeo province, he made chalk out of clay and used it to write the alphabet on crude.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Cambodia’s information ministry to immediately restore the licences it withdrew from three online media outlets for alleged ethical violations after they covered corruption cases. The ministry failed to follow procedure when it revoked the licences and its accusations are spurious, RSF says.