• The Cambodia Daily prepared its final edition after 24 years in operation. The Daily was ordered by the government to close its doors over allegations that it had not paid millions of dollars in taxes.

Rather than simply mourn their loss, reporters and editors scrambled through the night to cover the arrest of the opposition leader, Kem Sokha, above, on charges of treason.

The paper’s closure is part of a larger crackdown on independent voices. The government recently ordered at least 15 radio stations to close or stop broadcasting programming from the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.

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