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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