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The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court had on 25th August sentenced a Thai man who insulted Angkor Wat to 3 months jail term for illegally entering Cambodia.

39 year-old Sorlawun Khamsorn from Nongkhai of Saraburi province was arrested on 9th of August for carving a picture of Angkor Wat on a concrete floor at the entrance to his toilet. After he was arrested, he was found to have lived illegally in Cambodia for more than 10 years.

He has not been sentenced for his crime of insulting Angkor Wat yet. He has denied a charge of insulting Angkor Wat, a Cambodian iconic ancient temple considered by many Cambodian to be the pride of the Cambodian nation, saying that he only put the concrete carving of Angkor Wat to dry in front of the toilet door. He also claimed that he had done that out of the love for Angkor Wat.

Source: everyday.com.kh
Reported in English by Khmerization