As PM ‘brags’, scammers try to strike gold

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday sang the praises of Cambodia’s first gold medallist in 44 years – suggesting Sorn Seavmey’s achievement was the “only thing Cambodia can brag about” – as the Kingdom’s Olympic Committee warned of bogus Facebook accounts in her name soliciting money.

After Seavmey, 19, took first in taekwondo at the Asian Games in South Korea on October 3, Hun Sen yesterday commended her achievement at a graduation ceremony for Cambodia University of Specialties at Koh Pich yesterday. …

Taing Vida
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