Sunday 1 August 2010

Life in the Chek Namva kingdoom: Heard on the airwave of Radio Bayon


The kingdoom's preferred camouflage
Kingdoom dictator listening to Radio Bayon? (Photo: Reuters)

Story inspired by the Iron Curtain
Adapted by Lucky Unlucky

A listener to Radio Bayon asked: “Is it true that there are two kinds of people serving as deputy prime ministers of the CPP government, as members of the CPP-controlled Supreme Court, and as diplomats nominated by the CPP?”

Radio Bayon’s answer: “Yes, it is a true. One kind is those not capable of anything at all, and the other, those capable of anything whatsoever.”
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A listener to Radio Bayon asked: “What is the difference between the Constitutions of the USA and Cambodia? Both guarantee freedom of speech.”

Radio Bayon’s answer: “Yes, but the Constitution of the USA also guarantees freedom after the speech.”
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A listener to Radio Bayon asked: “Why are there so many pro-CPP news media in the kingdoom?”

Radio Bayons’ answer: “Because there is no news in some and there is no truth in others.”
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A listener to Radio Bayon asked: “What is permitted and what is prohibited?”

Radio Bayon’s answer: “In England, what is permitted, is permitted, and what is prohibited, is prohibited.
In America everything is permitted except for what is prohibited.
In Germany everything is prohibited except for what is permitted.
In France everything is permitted, even what is prohibited.
In Cambodia everything is prohibited, even what is permitted.
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You want me to go to jail for defamation?

A judge from the Nom Benh municipal court walks out of the courtroom, laughing loudly. A colleague asks, "What is it you laugh about?"

"Ah, I just heard an excellent anecdote," the judge says, sweeping tears of laughter.

"An anecdote? Tell me!"

"Are you crazy? I just sentenced a man to five years in jail for defamation in that anecdote."

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