A person reads an issue of The Phnom Penh Post newspaper at an office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Monday. (EPA photo)The purchase of The Phnom Penh Post by a Malaysian whose public relations firm lists Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen as a client is a "disaster" for media freedom ahead of a general election, an international rights group said on Monday. "They said that as editor-in-chief I allowed the story about the sale of the Phnom Penh Post to be published." Calls to Asia PR's Phnom Penh office were unanswered. Founded in 1992, The Phnom Penh Post was reportedly slapped with a $5 million tax bill last year, according to reports by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Source: Bangkok Post May 07, 2018 09:11 UTC