Claim 291

Hun Sen said the paper's owners called the government a dictatorship after being asked to pay or leave.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Hun Sen said the paper's owners called the government a dictatorship after being asked to pay or leave.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Hun Sen on the dispute
About: incident 2017-cambodia-daily-closed-tax-bill
Source: The Cambodia Daily Newspaper Closes Over Disputed Tax Bill
Publisher: NBC News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2017-09-04

Quotation from the source

When they didn't pay and we asked them to leave the country, they said we are a dictatorship