Publications that print photographs of scantily-clad Western women to boost sales
could soon face legal action, a government spokesman warned last month.
Sieng La Presse, the director of cabinet at the Information Ministry, explained the
government's views saying foreign-owned newspapers "print pornography in Cambodian-language
papers because they want to pollute Cambodian society. They should have the decency
to respect this society."
The new constitution prohibits pornography, Sieng said.
In October, the government hinted it could begin curbing free-wheeling political
commentary in the nation's media, saying it might prohibit criticism of the country's
new monarch, King Norodom Sihanouk.
La Presse said several editors had told him they needed to print pornography to sell
papers. But he said many newspapers relied on good journalism instead.
La Presse said he would ask the government to quickly adopt regulations to put a
stop to the photographs. He said he would also have a word with the management on
one Malaysian-owned newspaper.
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