Khmer Wives Demand 3G Ban

Written by Adam Gosling

Friday, 26 May 2006

Wives of seven Government Officials in Cambodia have petitioned Prime Minister Hun Sen to ban 3G phones as they believe the video capabilities will be used to help spread pornography. According to this report the wives include those of Cabinet Minister Sok An, former National Assembly president Prince Norodom Ranariddh and the wife of Supreme Court President Dith Monty. A report in the local newspaper, The Cambodia Daily, said they have accused the phones of “destroying Khmer culture and polluting the minds of teenagers” "We are all very concerned that bad people will use modern communication and information technology in the wrong direction and it will make a serious negative effect on morality and social welfare," warned the wives. The petition also called for the government to "seriously punish" anyone found to be using the phones to attract men into sexual relations by sending them explicit pictures. "We all would like to request the royal government to issue a regulation prohibiting the individual use of this modern phone," the petition noted. Telecommunications company MobiTel plans to introduce a 3G video phone network next month. Headed up by Kith Meng, president of the Phnom Penh Chamber of Commerce, the 3G network looks perilously close to not getting off the ground. It looks as though the final decision could probably come down to Prime Minister Hun Sen and his own wife is one of those backing the petition. Related news items Palm To Update Treo 750 OS -27/03/2007 Aepona Announces Cellular to WiFi Roaming Solution based on VCC Specifications -13/02/2007 Streamezzo to Present End-to-End Rich Media Solutions For Mobile Devices at 3GSM -13/02/2007 IP Unity Glenayre promotes interoperability and innovation with expanded partner program -13/02/2007 Volantis and UIEvolution Partner to Offer Flexible Platform for Rich Media Mobile Content -13/02/2007 Newer news items Super Slim Phones From Samsung -21/06/2006 Nokia Adds 5 Mid-Range Handsets -19/06/2006 i-mate To Add Flip Phone -13/06/2006 Swap Digital Content Between Home And Phone -06/06/2006 Germany Gets TV Phones For World Cup -31/05/2006 Older news items A Peak At BenQ Siemens Phones To Come -22/05/2006 Freshtel Offers Mobile VoIP -10/05/2006 Microsoft In Smartphone Win -04/05/2006 New Sagem Phone -02/05/2006 Nokia Expands Nseries Range -26/04/2006 Tag This Now: