Written by DAP NEWS -- Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:25
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
The day after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen promised Cambo-dians that the Government would not tax TV or radio through license fees, a National Assembly official told DAP News Cambodia that Commission 5 of the NA did not suggest such a media tax, as some have claimed.
The Prime Minister on Monday said during the first National Forum on Climate Change that “TV and radio users do not need to be afraid of using TV and radio. Now we are helping people to get and use information without paying money.”
“NA Commission 5 President talked in the past with Information Minister Khieu Kahnarith. He did not ask to charge tax on TV and radio, but he just requested to charge cable TV providers about US$10 per month … payable by the owner of the cable TV company,” the official told DAP News Cambodia on Tuesday. The official apologized to the premier but claimed that the commission had been misquoted. “We support 100 percent the leadership and policies of Premier Hun Sen.”
“The commission would like to say sorry, as the premier raised what was discussed with Information the Minister in the past to raise the concerns of ordinary. Actually a reporter misquoted,” the official stressed.
The official also alleged that cable TV providers could have started the rummor of a license fee to safeguard their businesses from taxation.
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