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Sunday 13 April 2008

Radio Free Asia’s Reporter Received Death Threats

11th April 2008
By Pov Ponlok
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization

The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Cambodian Journalist Club have issued two separate statements concurrently expressing their concerns about the safety of a Radio Free Asia reporter who had, in the past, filed numerous reports on corruption in the judicial systems, reports about land disputes between the people and the rich and the powerful people, reports about illegal logging and about irregularities relating to the complaints of the people.
Mr. Lem Piseth, a Radio Free Asia reporter based in the northwest of the country, has received numerous death threats through anonymous telephone calls and text messages.
In just the beginning of April, Lem Piseth had already received at least two death threats from anonymous caller and on the 10th of April, unknown person or persons had placed 6 bullets in the front gate of his home in Battambang city.
The Cambodian Centre Human Rights and the Cambodian Journalist Club have said that they are concerned about the safety of the reporter and appealed to the authority to take measures to ensure that his safety is protected. //

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