Cambodia News: Mam Sonando

Military Police put on alert
The Phnom Penh Post
... violent dispersal of opposition supporters and garment workers during demonstrations following the 2013 election, as well as its suppression of an alleged “secessionist” movement lead by independent radio station owner Mam Sonando in Kratie province.

History repeating itself
D+C Development and Cooperation (press release) (blog)
Another famous prisoner at the time was Mam Sonando, the head of Beehive Radio, an independent radio station. He had been arrested in October 2005 for “criminal defamation” and “incitement”. After broad protests, at national and international levels ...
Cambodia Daily Announces Immediate Closure Amid ThreatsThe Cambodia Daily

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More stations told to stop VOA, RFA shows
The Phnom Penh Post
A letter signed by Information Minister Khieu Kanharith to the Mam Sonando-owned Beehive Radio yesterday said each outlet had not officially “registered its representative office” with the Information Ministry, and that if the station continued to air ...
Beehive, Women's Media Center Banned From Airing ShowsThe Cambodia Daily

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RFA, VOA Broadcasts Booted Out of Cambodia's Provinces
The Cambodia Daily
Mam Sonando, the owner of Beehive radio station, said he had avoided the fate of his colleagues because of a special license he obtained in 1998 to broadcast political content and because he complied with the government's rules. Mr. Kanharith said last ...

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Radio station booted off air
The Phnom Penh Post
The CNRP also has a one-hour show on Beehive Radio, owned by Mam Sonando, who said yesterday that he had not received a similar notification. VOA Public Relations Officer Michelle Harris said yesterday that none of its affiliate stations had received ...

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Ministry Gives Conflicting Information on RFA, VOA Ban
The Cambodia Daily
Mam Sonando, the owner of popular Beehive Radio, on Tuesday said he was not aware of any Information Ministry plan to pull RFA or VOA programming off air and said his Phnom Penh-based station would consider ignoring such an order. “They cannot do ...

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Beehive party vows to contest national vote
The Phnom Penh Post
The Beehive Social Democratic Party has resolved to contest the 2018 national election after the surprise resignation of their firebrand president, radio broadcaster Mam Sonando. Sonando's resignation threw into question whether the party would fold ...

Sonando Quits Beehive Party Citing Failure in Local Elections
VOA Khmer
Vocal radio host and founder of the Beehive Social Democratic Party Mam Sonando has quit the party he founded, citing its failure to secure votes in the June commune elections. In a statement released last week, Sonando said he regretted that the BSDP ...

Mam Sonando Gives Up the Helm of Beehive Party He Founded
The Cambodia Daily
Prominent radio host and government critic Mam Sonando resigned on Friday from the Beehive Social Democratic Party he founded, saying the disappointing results of the commune elections had pushed his political ambitions in a new direction. The party ...
Mam Sonando resigns from his Beehive partyThe Phnom Penh Post

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Mam Sonando Resigns As Head of Beehive Party
The Cambodia Daily
Prominent radio host and government critic Mam Sonando resigned on Friday from the Beehive Social Democratic Party he founded, saying the disappointing results of the commune elections had pushed his political ambitions in a new direction. The party ...