Press drafting Cambodge Soir
Phnom Penh, June 13, 2007
The editor of the daily France-Soir Khmer Cambodia wishes to state the reasons which led it to trigger a unanimous motion to strike Monday, June 11, 2007, motion for extension.
The editorial staff of Cambodge Soir went on strike to express their deep disagreement over the exclusion of a fellow journalist, announced without notice to the Sunday, June 10 interested in the late afternoon.
The reasons for this exclusion explained in writing on Monday morning by the Director, are fuzzy and seem insufficient to justify the decision illegal and detrimental to the entire organization and the proper functioning Cambodge Soir.
The editorial also asked administrators to Cambodge Soir firm commitments and written about the rules of the log on procedures for dismissal, editorial responsibility and the future of this French-language daily.
Management has so far refused to address all these points and refuses to address the issue of unjustified exclusion of our colleague.
Tuesday evening, the director announced by the oral decision of the board of directors to terminate the Mekong Publishing Company, which publishes Cambodge Soir, a decision he has orally justified by a "bankruptcy" economy.
The editorial deplores the brutality that was announced this decision to halt work of thirteen years, while many projects have been implemented in recent months : www.cambodgesoir.info launch of the website, book publishing, reflection on the evolution of the editorial content ...
The editorial maintains its requests for clarification and reaffirms its profound attachment to the existence of a newspaper of general and political and Francophone khmérophone.
Contacts:
- Stephanie Gee, editor: 00-855 (0) 12 91 44 18
- Sothanarith Kong, responsible for design : 00-855 (0) 16 85 09 85
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