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Bills to penalize the King insulters have been sent to Cambodian Parliament

Water Festival 2017

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, left, receives the holly water from laymen, right, during a water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Source: AP

Drafts of criminal law amendments to penalize people who insult the Cambodian King have been sent to the lower house on Monday after the approval from the cabinet last Friday.



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