Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Siem Reap province police arrested a number of people who are accused of printing playing cards bearing the picture of ancient Cambodian temples, including Angkor Wat. Sou Phirin, the Siem Reap provincial governor, told a foreign newspaper on Tuesday that the people who printed these playing cards were arrested and the police still continue its investigation. Last week, the ministry of culture made a request to the Siem Reap province authority to confiscate playing cards bearing the pictures of the temples of Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm, Bayon, as well as other Cambodian temples. The ministry said that the production of these playing cards is illegal. Chuch Phoeung, secretary of state from the ministry of culture, said that the use of Cambodian temples on playing cards could lead card players to put them down on the ground, and people would step on them, and that this would constitute an insult on Cambodian patrimonies. It not yet known what charge the court can pin on those who were arrested.
1 comment:
Why don't they arrest the producer of Angkor Beer? Maybe Khieu Khanariddh and Khieu Sopheak read it: Xangkor Beer!
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