What the closing of the Cambodia Daily means, and what might happen next :

An ode to The Cambodia Daily
By shutting down a newspaper known for its relentless pursuit of the truth, the country has kissed goodbye to public scrutiny.
By Simon Marks 9/16/17,
http://www.politico.eu/blogs/on-media/2 ... dia-daily/

Lessons from a past threat to The Cambodia Daily
by Barton Biggs | September 20, 2017

Amidst a recent wave of Cambodia Daily-related social media reminiscing, a video was posted showing the Daily staff holding an emergency meeting to discuss government threats to shut the paper down. That video was not shot in the last few weeks, however; it was shot in 1995.

I was the editor of the paper in those days, and I led that meeting. But after all these years, my memory of the situation – what led to the threat, and how the situation was resolved – was far from clear. So, after being asked about it several times over the past few weeks, I decided to go back through old issues of The Cambodia Daily to refresh my memory. First I looked through every front page from the period when the threat took place, but found nothing about it. Then, I looked through every page of local coverage from that period, and still found nothing. As far as I can tell, in 1995 the Cambodia Daily didn’t publish a single prominent article about The Cambodia Daily potentially having to close down under pressure from the government.

At first I was dismayed by this lack of coverage. But as I reflected on it, and remembered some of the reasons for it, I came to see that decision as appropriate. And, I believe, some of the points that were relevant then are still relevant today...

Full article : https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/l ... -2-134309/