Saturday, November 7, 2009

Journalist Handed Two Years for Disinformation

Journalist Ros Soket (Photo: Khmer Sthapana)
By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 November 2009

Phnom Penh court on Friday sentenced a freelance journalist to two years in prison for disinformation, following alleged threats made to a TV commentator.
Ros Soket, 40, a part-time journalist for the Southeast Asia Globe, was arrested Oct. 28, after sending several text messages to Soy Sopheap, questioning the CTN celebrity over allegations of corruption.
Judge Chhay Kong said the text messages “dishonored” Soy Sopheap and caused problems for society, dismissing Ros Sokhet’s claims that he had been seeking comment from him, not threatening him.
Prosecutors said Ros Sokhet sent the text messages to four other people, enough for a disinformation charge.
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