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Last month's deadly stampede on Diamond Island. Officials have pledged to crack down on the sale of footage of the tragic incident.
Authorities have started confiscating the sale of VCDs containing footage filmed during last month's stampede on Diamond Island bridge, which left 353 dead and 393 injured.
Thai Noraksathya, secretary of state at the Ministry of Culture, said that a working group of ministry and police officials had last week confiscated 100 VCDs from vendors in Kandal Market, as well as 77 discs from vendors in Koh Kong province.
The film features about an hour of footage cobbled together from local and international broadcasts of the tragic incident and its aftermath, including scenes of the rescue efforts, relatives searching for loved ones and a mourning ceremony attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
"It is illegal selling and it affects the viewers' feelings when they watch it," Thai Naraksatya said, though he added that vendors would not have to be "punished or fined" for selling the VCDs.
He said the films were also being sold in DVD and CD format across Cambodia, as well as in the United States.
Mok Chito, director of the Ministry of Interior's criminal police, said officials planned to crack down on the sale of illegal Koh Pich films nationwide.
Puthi Ngob, the deputy police chief in Oddar Meanchey province, said police had confiscated 254 such VCDs from local vendors since receiving an order from national police officials on Thursday last week.
"We will burn them all if we get an order to burn them from the high-level officers," he said. He added that the offending vendors had agreed to stop selling the films, and that those breaking their promise "will get punished".
Authorities have started confiscating the sale of VCDs containing footage filmed during last month's stampede on Diamond Island bridge, which left 353 dead and 393 injured.
Thai Noraksathya, secretary of state at the Ministry of Culture, said that a working group of ministry and police officials had last week confiscated 100 VCDs from vendors in Kandal Market, as well as 77 discs from vendors in Koh Kong province.
The film features about an hour of footage cobbled together from local and international broadcasts of the tragic incident and its aftermath, including scenes of the rescue efforts, relatives searching for loved ones and a mourning ceremony attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
"It is illegal selling and it affects the viewers' feelings when they watch it," Thai Naraksatya said, though he added that vendors would not have to be "punished or fined" for selling the VCDs.
He said the films were also being sold in DVD and CD format across Cambodia, as well as in the United States.
Mok Chito, director of the Ministry of Interior's criminal police, said officials planned to crack down on the sale of illegal Koh Pich films nationwide.
Puthi Ngob, the deputy police chief in Oddar Meanchey province, said police had confiscated 254 such VCDs from local vendors since receiving an order from national police officials on Thursday last week.
"We will burn them all if we get an order to burn them from the high-level officers," he said. He added that the offending vendors had agreed to stop selling the films, and that those breaking their promise "will get punished".
4 comments:
this is in the communist regime as Pol Pot. if Government don't like to hear or see they will shut it down or destroy it. we can see all around with this government "Hun Sen"or head yourn khnoun Khmer government. why don't you government cracking down A Yourn taking Khmer's land on the south side of the country as our own people cry out for help. where is the first amenment of the constitution? where is our own people's rights? you bastered. A Hunt Zen!! yes, let kill all khmer people and let a Yourn come in and take our mother land over Haaaa.
what's wrong with you people!!!!
I believe the authority has something to hide. The island and the bridge belong to Hun Sen family, so he doesn't want people to see that many people have died on his property because he didn't want to take responsibility. The negligence and the carelessness of the authority must be exposed and the guilty brought to justice for the deaths of more than 353 people. Hun Sen must resign.
scandalus!!! koh pich video n many report of ths trgdy hav bn review n anylized n othr stampds n inda hav bn compard als mass asphyxiaton deth 85 thai n sthn thailn (04) - lge numbr peopl behav lk catle n whn bxd n push hrd n corl bcme scare n terfy n mny wll sufr injur n evn die - n exprt concluson fin ths ws mass murdr n th pepl wh caus hav bn clevrly sav frm punishmnt wth th pm covrup wich maks hm jst s gilt n ths wh spt hm r gilt 2
scandalus!!! n foren govts sit bak n allow ths animl 2 continu???!!!!!!
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