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Phnom Penh -Cambodian authorities have warned they will arrest anyone trying to bet on the upcoming World Cup football tournament, local media reported Tuesday.
The tournament starts in South Africa on June 11.
Phnom Penh's police chief Touch Naruth said the announcement fits with a ban on all forms of gambling decreed by Prime Minister Hun Sen in February 2009.
"We know that some countries in the world allow betting on the World Cup, but Cambodia will not allow it," he told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
"We are strictly standing by the decision of Prime Minister Hun Sen to eliminate all forms of gambling," he said, adding that the prohibition extends to foreigners too.
The government last year outlawed all forms of gambling by Cambodians citing a link between the practice and a perceived decline in moral standards.
Casinos were not affected since Cambodian citizens are in theory barred from entering them except to work.
A local police chief told the newspaper that officials would be on the lookout for transgressors.
"If any commune police chief ignores illegal betting, he will face being fired from his post," said Born Sam Ath.
The tournament starts in South Africa on June 11.
Phnom Penh's police chief Touch Naruth said the announcement fits with a ban on all forms of gambling decreed by Prime Minister Hun Sen in February 2009.
"We know that some countries in the world allow betting on the World Cup, but Cambodia will not allow it," he told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
"We are strictly standing by the decision of Prime Minister Hun Sen to eliminate all forms of gambling," he said, adding that the prohibition extends to foreigners too.
The government last year outlawed all forms of gambling by Cambodians citing a link between the practice and a perceived decline in moral standards.
Casinos were not affected since Cambodian citizens are in theory barred from entering them except to work.
A local police chief told the newspaper that officials would be on the lookout for transgressors.
"If any commune police chief ignores illegal betting, he will face being fired from his post," said Born Sam Ath.
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