Tour guides urged to give election OK

Several tour guide associations in Siem Reap received a prepared statement from the Provincial Department of Tourism asking them to sign and thumbprint a note of acceptance of the election results released by the National Election Committee on Monday. At least half a dozen of such signed statements of support were disseminated by the government. Theam Bunthin, president of the 450-member-strong Khmer Angkor Tour Guide Association, said the director of the Siem Reap Department of Tourism contacted his association seeking the signature and thumbprint from a leader saying the election was free and fair. …

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