{"id":72156,"date":"2021-10-07T22:25:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/?p=72156"},"modified":"2021-10-07T22:25:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T15:25:27","slug":"the-guardian-edits-its-article-after-receiving-backlash-from-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/en\/archives\/72156","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian Edits Its Article after Receiving Backlash from Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Phnom Penh, Oct. 7 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The Guardian newspaper edited its article after receiving backlash from Cambodia regarding its false publication on Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen received Cypriot passport.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wq_1H0h49kg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Guardian said its article was amended on 6 October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn earlier version incorrectly said that the Cambodian leader, Hun Sen, was among those who had received a Cypriot passport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome members of the Cambodian leader Hun Sen&#8217;s inner circle, were discovered to have been among the thousands of non-Europeans who received a Cypriot passport,\u201d according to the latest version.<\/p>\n<p>Koy Kuong, secretary of state and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia, sent a letter to Katherine Viner, Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, asking for clarification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am writing to get clarification from you concerning an online article titled: [Law firm founded by Cypriot President accused of hiding assets of Russian exile] published on 3 October 2021 and written by Luke Harding and Helena Smith. One paragraph of the article says: [In addition to Russian Oligarchs and Saudi potentials, the Cambodian Leader, Hun Sen, was discovered to have been among the thousands of non-Europeans who received a Cypriot passport.] This is a grossly false and unacceptable claim,\u201d according to the letter seen by Fresh News on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72152\" src=\"https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fn-2021-10-07-08-41-31-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fn-2021-10-07-08-41-31-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fn-2021-10-07-08-41-31-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fn-2021-10-07-08-41-31-1-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fn-2021-10-07-08-41-31-1-768x452.jpg 768w, 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