''Moneaksekar Khmer'' (, ; lit. "Khmer’s Conscience") is a Khmer-language

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published in

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with its headquarters in

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. It is published by the

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Censorship

The ''Moneaksekar Khmer'' has a long history of conflict with the Cambodian government due to its critical reporting. In July 2003, a ''Moneaksekar Khmer'' reporter was detained for several hours at the

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for sharing a leaked document that originated from the co-minister of interior with another newspaper, which published the document. In August, the Ministry of Information suspended the paper's publication for 30 days after an article allegedly affected national security. In June 2008, Dam Sith, then the paper's managing editor, was jailed for a week after being accused of disseminating false information by the

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. In July 2008, the veteran reporter Khim Sambor and his son were killed in central Phnom Penh; he had written numerous article critical of the ruling

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in the weeks prior to his murder. In July 2009, the Cambodian government filed a lawsuit against ''Moneaksekar Khmer'', alleging disinformation, defamation, and incitement in reports on government corruption. It received permission to resume publication in January 2010. In December 2013, it was sued again by the Cambodian government, claiming that a November 2013 article defamed the military. At the time, ''Moneaksekar Khmer'' was the country's only remaining opposition newspaper.

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Khmer-language newspapers Newspapers published in Cambodia Mass media in Phnom Penh Publications with year of establishment missing {{cambodia-newspaper-stub