Monday, March 1, 2010

Premier threatens to shut military-owned TV for lack of enthusiasm

Mon, 01 Mar 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened to close down a television station part-owned by the country's military, saying it had failed to broadcast sufficient army-related material, national media reported Monday. Hun Sen told troops in the country's north-western province of Battambang that the TV5 channel ought to broadcast more "military encouragement songs."
He also chastised TV5 for failing to televise his speeches to the troops during last month's high-profile visit to units based along the Cambodian-Thai border.
"It uses the military logo, but this TV channel does not disseminate the military work often," the Cambodia Daily newspaper reported Hun Sen as saying.

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