The Cambodia Daily to Close (After Chasing One Last Big Story)
“And after 24 years one month and 15 days, the Cambodian government has destroyed
The Cambodia Daily, a special and singular part of Cambodia’s free press.”
The newspaper was founded by Bernard Krisher, a onetime foreign correspondent
for Newsweek who befriended King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia in the 1990s.
Through his close association with the king, Mr. Krisher also founded the Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope
and World Assistance for Cambodia, which has built 560 schools in the country.
“They are trying to shut down all independent voices.”
In recent weeks, the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered at least 15 radio stations
to close or stop broadcasting programming from the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — For the reporters and editors of The Cambodia Daily, an independent newspaper,
Sunday was the end of an era as they prepared its final edition after 24 years in operation.
