PM: No reopening for VoD

A DAY after one of Cambodia’s few independent media outlets was shut at his order, Prime Minister Hun Sen declared that Voice of Democracy radio will not be allowed to reopen despite pleas and protests from around the world.

Voice of Democracy, better known as VoD, was closed on Monday after Hun Sen said it had not properly apologised for a story that he claimed had slandered his son, Lt-Gen Hun Manet. The story said his son had signed a document on his father’s behalf authorising a US$100,000 (RM440,000) donation for quake relief for Turkey.