91.   The current press law imposes personal liability for free expression and heavily fines offenders.

92.   The government can punish newspapers or publishing houses for violating press laws by canceling their licenses or shutting them down.

93.   The decision followed a furor earlier this summer when the government handed down a new press law that decreed stiff sentences for publishing false information or defaming the government.

94.   The government will amend its draft press law to drop criminal penalties for libel, Co-Premier Hun Sen said Wednesday.

95.   The government has argued that flexible provisions of existing press laws have led to a freewheeling media that has violated the ethics of professional journalism.

96.   The government has delayed distribution of foreign news magazines, detained two Web site operators without charge and threatened to toughen the press laws.

97.   The government on Tuesday endorsed a controversial draft press law that could considerably restrict press freedoms.

98.   The government on Wednesday ordered eight weekly tabloids to suspend publication for allegedly violating a controversial press law.

99.   The government says the flexible provisions of the existing press laws have led to a freewheeling media that has violated the ethics of professional journalism.

100.   The National Assembly will consider the press law in early June.