Deported home in disgrace
A Chinese woman found guilty of intentionally causing damage after tearing up photos of the late King Father was deported yesterday morning – a mere two days after the crime occurred. Wang Zia Chao, 43, who on Tuesday was given a suspended one-year prison sentence, left for China on a 7:45 am flight and will not be permitted to return, Phnom Penh municipal police chief Choun Sovann said. ... Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong insisted the case was an “individual matter” and would have zero impact on the unusually strong bilateral relationship. ... The reaction from authorities was markedly different from that in 2003, when a rumor regarding a Thai actress’s comments about Angkor Wat sparked a large anti-Thai riot that left one person dead. For those involved in the latest furor Cambodia’s bond with a country increasingly playing the role of benevolent benefactor, had no small relation to the relatively subdued reaction. ...
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