Monday, December 13, 2010

Chinese monks pray for dead in Cambodia's stampede tragedy

December 13, 2010
Xinhua

About 160 Chinese Buddhist monks from six countries and region gathered on Sunday at the Diamond Bridge, where a stampede occurred on Nov. 22 that killed 353 people and injured 393 others, to hold a Chinese traditional rite to pray for the dead to rest in peace and bring in happiness to the development of the Diamond Island.

The monks are from Chinese mainland and Taiwan, the United States, Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam in the World's Chinese Buddhist Sangha Congress.

"We have already held many Cambodian Buddhist ceremonies to pray to the spirits of the dead to rest in peace, and now we hold the one-day Chinese traditional ceremony to dedicate to them and to bring in good luck for the development of the Diamond Island," said Pung Kheav Se, the owner and developer of the Diamond Island on Sunday.


The development of the one-billion-U.S.-dollar Diamond Island began in 2008, it is designed to develop as a satellite city that includes business centers, shopping malls, entertainment facilities, hotels, schools, hospitals, condos and apartments.

The stampede tragedy happened on Nov. 22, the final day of the Water Festival, at Diamond Island's north bridge, killing 353 people and injuring 393 others. The accident was caused by a panic which soon after led to the stampede.

Cambodia's Water Festival from Nov. 20 to 22 is the largest annual festival in the Southeast Asian nation, around three million Cambodians, especially those from rural areas converged to the city to enjoy the regatta.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

AH HENGG SOYYYYYYYY!! STOP MAKING FUN OF CHINESE PEOPLE AH PLERRR!! Do you want to see AH YOUN SWALLOW CAMBODIA OR CHINA? YOU PICK A SIDE? FOR ME I RATHER LET CAMBODIA BE UNDER CHINA! AH HENG DON'T KNOW KNOW SHIT! ALL YOU DO IS TALK NEGATIVE ABOUT CHINA! WHAT A JOKE? STUPID KI-MEDIA!

Anonymous said...

4:56 PM
Slow down your tone pls.
Heng Soy is just a little boy who still learns from Chinese culture.
If you ask him witch one does he choose, Youn or Chen ?
I bet that his answer will be " YEMEN "

Anonymous said...

Monks can pray for the dead all they want, it won't make a hair grow on a frog. Their fates are sealed. Why don't they put that effort praying for the living?

Anonymous said...

8:52PM! what's wrong with you! Living need action only the death need pray!

And praying is the monks job! GO make baby with your wife , fool! be a natural living pesrson!

Anonymous said...

let monk do theis stuff....K1 shouldnt put this crap on here

Anonymous said...

"We have already held many Cambodian Buddhist ceremonies to pray to the spirits of the dead to rest in peace. BUT HUN XEN FROVIDE US ONLY THE FAKED MONK and now we hold the one-day Chinese traditional ceremony to dedicate to them and to bring in good luck for the development of the Diamond Island. BUT THE CAMBODIAN SPIRITS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND CHINESE," said Pung Kheav Se, the owner and developer of the Diamond Island on Sunday.: SO WE DOOM!!!!!!!!"

Sorry Hun Xen and family for your investment!!!!

Anonymous said...

Would you like to have Chines pasport or refugy to China, like King Shihanouk???????

Have fund boy Kep Chok Termer,!!!!

Most want to go to the west!

Anonymous said...

"We have already held many Cambodian Buddhist ceremonies to pray to the spirits of the dead to rest in peace. BUT HUN XEN FROVIDED US ONLY WITH THE FAKED MONKS and now we hold the one-day Chinese traditional ceremony to dedicate to them and to bring in good luck for the development of the Diamond Island. BUT THE CAMBODIAN SPIRITS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND CHINESE," said Pung Kheav Se, the owner and developer of the Diamond Island on Sunday.: " SO WE ARE DOOM!!!!!!!! "

Sorry! Mr. Hun Xen and family for your investment!!!!

11:01 PM

Anonymous said...

I heard that Khmer girls are pretty and I want to fuck them.

China man

Anonymous said...

thank you; world religions united! god bless all.

Anonymous said...

Praying for the dead is like praying for the bridge to change into a dragon.