- Cambodia’s last independent English-language daily has been sold to the owner of a public relations firm with links to current Prime Minister Hun Sen.
- The PR firm lists “Cambodia and Hun Sen’s entry into the Government seat” among its previous work.
- Sen has overseen a sweeping media crackdown ahead of elections in July, with radio stations closed, journalists followed by secret police, and another independent paper forced to close from a tax bill.
- In October, Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the nation’s opposition party and jailed its leader for treason.
Cambodia’s last independent English-language daily has been sold to the Malaysian owner of a public relations firm that still promotes its past work with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The Phnom Penh Post had been owned by Australian mining magnate Bill Clough since 2008 and has now been sold to Malaysian investor Sivakumar Ganapathy. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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