Source: DAP News
Mr. Bun Tha, editor-in-chief of Khmer Amatak (khmer Immortal) newspaper, had requested the court for the delay the hearing of his case after an unnamed military general lodged disinformation and defamation lawsuits against him on 16th September, 2009 reports Deum Ampil.
According to Deum Ampil, Mr. Bun Tha had requested for a delay because he feared that he might be arrested like other journalists when he appeared atthe court hearing. It is not sure what specifics and articles that had defamed the unnamed general. But disinformation is a criminal offence and Mr. Bun Tha will be jailed if convicted.
In the past years, many journalists and human rights activists have been convicted and jailed for disinformation and defamation. Mr. Dam Sith, editor of the opposition-affiliated Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper was briefly jailed in 2008 for disinformation. He has to apologies to Prime Minister Hun Sen and offered to close down his newspaper for the Prime Minister to withdraw another lawsuit against him. Another editor, Mr. Hang Chakra, editor-in-chief of another opposition-affiliated newspaper called Khmer Mchas Srok still remain in jail after he was sentenced to 12 months jail for defaming Deputy PM Sok An when he published a series of articles exposing widespread corruption allegedly committed by officials working under Mr. Sok An.
According to Deum Ampil, Mr. Bun Tha had requested for a delay because he feared that he might be arrested like other journalists when he appeared atthe court hearing. It is not sure what specifics and articles that had defamed the unnamed general. But disinformation is a criminal offence and Mr. Bun Tha will be jailed if convicted.
In the past years, many journalists and human rights activists have been convicted and jailed for disinformation and defamation. Mr. Dam Sith, editor of the opposition-affiliated Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper was briefly jailed in 2008 for disinformation. He has to apologies to Prime Minister Hun Sen and offered to close down his newspaper for the Prime Minister to withdraw another lawsuit against him. Another editor, Mr. Hang Chakra, editor-in-chief of another opposition-affiliated newspaper called Khmer Mchas Srok still remain in jail after he was sentenced to 12 months jail for defaming Deputy PM Sok An when he published a series of articles exposing widespread corruption allegedly committed by officials working under Mr. Sok An.
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