Bangkok Post
The Foreign Ministry has stepped in to clear the air over a social media posting of a well-known Channel 3 reporter appearing to stand over photos of the late Cambodian King Sihanouk on the ground.
Cambodia's social media network was abuzz yesterday with a photo of Thapanee Eadsrichai, a well-known reporter from Channel 3, appearing as if she was standing on newspaper photos of the late King Sihanouk spread on the ground.
The photo, carrying the caption "Thai TV3" and "Our King", attracted several hundred critical comments from from both Cambodians and Thais.
Calling an urgent briefing yesterday, Paskorn Siriyaphan, an outgoing head of the East Asian Affairs Department, expressed regret over the incident to Phnom Penh. He said Thais shared the feeling of loss as Cambodians mourn the death of their former king. "We did not want [the incident] to happen. We love and respect the Cambodian monarchy the same way as we adore and revere our own institution of monarchy," said Mr Paskorn, who will soon take over the Thai ambassadorship to Indonesia.
In a statement issued after her return to Thailand from Phnom Penh, Ms Thapanee insisted she did not step on the photo as alleged in the social media posting. The reporter said that before filing a report on the late king, she put her belongings on the ground including her mobile phones, notebooks and local newspapers featuring news and a photo of former king Sihanouk.
She insisted she placed all the items far from herself, but the photo that appeared on Facebook might have been shot from an angle that made it look like the items were laid on the ground close to her.
She apologised nonetheless and said she had no intention to show disrespect to the late Cambodian king. Channel 3 management also expressed their sincere apologies to Cambodia's royal family. They said they hoped that the issue would not affect bilateral relations.
Mr Paskorn said he believed Channel 3 would send the statement to the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok or directly to Phnom Penh.
Mr Paskorn said the Thai ambassador to Phnom Penh, Sompong Sanguanban, went to explain the situation to vice-minister for foreign affairs Ung Sean.
Mr Paskorn was in Phnom Penh during the 2003 torching of the Thai embassy sparked by comments falsely attributed to a Thai actress about the ownership of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
Mr Paskorn said he believed the explanation had been conveyed to the deputy prime minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong.
6 comments:
Burn his body over there (China). Don't bring back to Cambodia. He was a Traitor to Khmer people. The Khmer people have suffered enough by him. He did not respect even his own mother. He was an evil king . He should be alive until he can serve his punishement in the Khmer Rouge trail. Please don't forget he was the person who killed Lok Protean Sam Rainsy's father.
Pang Sokheoun, Secretary-General of SRP in Sweden.កុលបុត្រមហានគរខ្មែរ
TO: 11:44am
I think you are neither SRP's member nor Khmer. Khmer does not have this kind of heart...bad and good has always be clear in the Khmer mind...and Khmer's heart has always faithful,respectful and generosity.
The incident made by Thai lady was luckily that it happened to Cambodia and her people no matter by intention or not, but if this case happened even in Thailand, I am sure that she would be jailed, and if she made it happen in Southern Thailand, I am sure that she couldn't even have time to speak to reporters.
Heart of Khmer is always faithful and forgiveness and from the bottom of it.
Really? is SIHANOUK'S PIC cost more than a 787 boeng , no shit!
Everyone's life is priceless? Or it is unavailable. No matter how much the thing costs, but it is sill a thing. It cannot compare to the human life. Being a human should be conscious, by knowing right and wrong with your comments. I simply say that what would affect you, your family or the your friends, if someone compare to the thing. Learn to be optimistic and open mind. I believe you also are the human.
11:44am
AH IDIOT, DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY CLUE THAT NOBODY LISTENS TO YOU THAT'S WHY THEY ALREADY BROUGHT HIS BODY TO CAMBODIA? STOP BARKING DUMB ASS AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!!
EVEN A DOG HAS MORE BRAIN THAN YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!
PS: GO TO HELL!
I feel not want playboy king to dead yet he owe my father my brother life since 1945 my father was wanted man as his revolution friends died and jail at kohtralach until 1970 it the first time my father step on Phnom Penh 1975 in order of this play boy start to kill khmer again my brother and his wife and two dauthers killed at Chamka liew in 1977.The as people from other cities around the country more than 2 millian die.kranhung easan.
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