Fri, 7 November 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
The Cambodian Center for Independent Media says Cambodian Americans may be affected by a proposed cybercrime law. Eli Meixler
Cambodia's diaspora community is being recruited in a campaign for greater transparency regarding a controversial cybercrime law that critics say would muzzle dissent in the Kingdom.
An unofficial copy of the proposed bill leaked in April criminalises online content that “slanders or undermines” government agencies, and according to the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM), Cambodians living overseas could be held accountable for flouting the law if it passes.
“Critically, this law could also give Cambodian authorities extraterritorial jurisdiction to prosecute ‘crimes’ committed outside of Cambodia,” reads a letter sent from CCIM to several Cambodian-American associations in the US on Tuesday.
“As a member of the Cambodian community abroad, this law will directly affect you, and we are therefore asking your help in petitioning the government for greater transparency in the drafting process.”
CCIM communications coordinator Amanda King told the Post, however, that the likelihood of the US extraditing its own citizens would admittedly be low, considering freedom-of-speech protections in the US.
“I highly doubt that [the US] would extradite, but those who come to Cambodia on travel" could be affected, she said.
King added that after enlisting Cambodian-Americans, the campaign would spread to other Cambodian diaspora communities, starting with Australia.
The message is “part of a larger campaign” for transparency, King said.
Last month, a coalition of NGOs called on the government to share the draft cybercrime law and consult with civil society before sending it to the National Assembly from the Council of Ministers.
Spokesman Phay Siphan told the Post yesterday that the law hadn’t budged.
“We don’t have anything yet”, he said, adding that the CCIM was “misleading” in its claims.
“They have their own agenda. They’re not independent.”
It remains unclear how much the diaspora community’s support would tip the balances.
A petition circulated by the CCIM had garnered 101 supporters as of last night.
“I can’t say having the diaspora community can push the law in our favour,” said King of the CCIM.
“At the end of the day, it’s the government’s decision.”
3 comments:
Khmer claims that the cybercrime law violate their freedom of speech. So, how can the Cambodian government protect the Queen Mother's honor? You folks have been writing up comments about her being a Vietnamese whore, commiting nasty orgy sex with multiple men.
It is scary to have Khmer as neighbors, they have a lot of freedom to chop, chop other people with axes and butcher knifes. I have requested them many times to stop inciting the "kap Yuon" spirit (Kap = chop, chop; Yuon = Vietnamese), but they refused. They claimed it is their right to defend their land. So, if you step around their lawn, they will chop, chop you as well. It is their right to defend their land and lawn.
According to the current rating, Cambodia has extreme high rate of deaths due to violence. 22.6 deaths per year among 100,000 population. Japan only has .4 deaths. This means a person living Cambodia is more than 50 times likely to be chop, chop, chop dead. Check out the survey here (check the last category):
http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/
-Drgunzet-
P.S. I really want the Khmer folks to renounce the chop, chop mentality and start to adopt a new mentality in enlightenment, self-improvement.
There are PBS American public broadcast show about the horrible Khmer race. You google Khmer skulls and you can see horrific images. It is now finally exposed and dully stopped, the rampant and violent cheating in Cambodian school. Most Cambodian students cheat to pass the national exams. It's a scam at the national scale.
Oh my God, it's horrible. Stop thinking Khmer empire this, Cambodian kingdom that. You people have been creamed so many times. You really need to improve.
I would like to see people who incite "Kap Yuon" to go to jail.
It is wrong to incite killing other races, especially involving unarmed, defenseless civilians.
-Drgunzet-
Drgunzet,
Look yourself in the mirror, the mirror of history, Yuon history vs. its neighbors.
You shall see Yuon are nothing but thieves , lands theives.
If you don't stop, WE stop you !!!
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