Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television, August 2 — Cambodia’s Ministry of Information issued guidelines on August 1 prohibiting the publication or sharing of information about troop deployments, movements, positions, use of weapons and military secrets that could endanger national security or personnel safety. The ministry said violations would be dealt with under the law.
The Ministry of Information said that some reporters and social media users had posted frontline photographs exposing troop positions, weapons and equipment, military secrets, and combat strategies, potentially endangering national security, soldiers’ lives, and defense missions.
The Ministry of Information said that anyone publishing or sharing information must safeguard national security, national unity, military morale, foreign relations and individual rights, and avoid inciting ethnic or religious antagonism. It also required verification through official channels of national leaders, the Cambodian government, the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Information and other relevant institutions.
The ministry said anyone going to the front line to report must give advance notice and obtain permission from both the ministry and the relevant frontline authorities. Such activity should be kept to a minimum and must comply with journalistic ethics, the Law on the Press and applicable regulations.
The Ministry of Information urged the public not to disseminate false information and to work together to uphold truth, peace, and national unity. The ministry said the other party was attempting to use false, misleading, or distorted information about Cambodia’s actual situation to create a pretext for violating Cambodia’s territory.
Reporter: Nget Pisan
Editor: Zhao Yi
