The Ministry of Information has officially revoked the licence of the Cambodia Centre for Independent Media (CCIM), which oversaw online media outlet VOD, for “gross professional misconduct” in relation to their recent reporting on the Kingdom’s disaster relief to quake-hit Turkiye.
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A senior Cambodian diplomat expressed “deep regret” that three UN special rapporteurs have called for the reinstatement of VOD’s media licence so that the online news outlet – which published in both Khmer and English and also produced radio programmes prior to its closure – can continue its operations.
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Although the revocation of the licence for the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM), which oversaw news outlet VOD, may not help the journalist profession in the Kingdom grow stronger, it would not cause the death of press freedom either.