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| The Minister of Interior, Mr. Sar Sokha, spoke at the ceremony to recognize the additional components of the working group of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC) in the field of Interior at the meeting hall of Building S of the Ministry of Interior. On September 21, 2024. |
Observers say Interior Minister Sar Sokha's order to dismantle beer advertising in public is ineffective He issued the order for more than two months. They asked the government to create a law on the control of alcohol products. Observers observe that a year ago, under the leadership of the seventh-term government, in public and on a street In Phnom Penh, there are still billboards advertising alcohol, especially beer ads on various social media, including Tek Tek (TikTok) and Facebook (Facebook) and so on. Socio-political scholar Por Makara told RFA on September 21 that after one year of leadership in the seventh legislature, It is not yet possible to better control alcohol advertising. He observed that authorities often cracked down on alcohol advertisements after a backlash from citizens. He described the floating of such excessive advertising as a failure to regulate the promotion of government alcohol products. Mr. Por Makara: " The first thing that has a law governing alcohol products is to prevent alcohol companies from advertising until Nowadays, we see monthly prizes, car prizes and other prizes that encourage people to drink alcohol. But increasing . The remarks came after Interior Minister Sar Sokha ordered the provincial governor to review the broadcast. Alcohol trade in public for more than two months. In this regard, in February, Prime Minister Hun Manet also ordered the relevant authorities to review alcohol advertisements on Public places. But alcohol advertising remains active both in public and on social media, especially in rewards. On the earrings, let the drinker chase the prize. Observers say the reason the government has been unable to curb alcohol advertising is because most of the brewery owners Linked to senior government officials and the Prime Minister's family. In fact, Hanuman Beer Company, owned by Khieu Sar Silip, a business partner with Hun Sen's daughter, Hun Mana, and her husband, Moeng Ponlok, a two-star general, serves as director general of the General Department of Logistics and Finance, Ministry of National Defense. In addition, other breweries such as Vattanac Beer , Cambodia Beer of Chip Mong, etc. are owned by the tycoon. Money and power. RFA has not yet been able to contact Interior Ministry spokesman Touch Sokheak and Information Ministry spokesman Tep Asarith for comment. This was done on September 21.
