Press Release / Nov. 26, 2008

Cambodian Embassy response

"The Royal Embassy of Cambodia to the United Kingdom found the press release by Global Witness (“Cambodia's donors risk disaster with blind eye to poor governance of country's oil and mineral”, November 25th) a little curious and inflammatory, just days before the upcoming Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum. If we are talking about the improved governance and transparency of Cambodia's oil and mining sectors it may be splitting and coloring Global Witness Campaigns Director Gavin Hayman’ hairs to concentrate only on malicious report designed to start, once again, their villain campaign to discredit the image of Cambodia. [continues... download full press release below]"