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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Former King Norodom Sihanouk said he was
“perturbed morally and psychologically” by the violence and
child-sex crimes that continue to plague his country, in a New
Year’s message posted Friday on his website.
The message, written in French, also condemned
jealous husbands who kill their wives and women who cut off their
spouse’s penises or throw acid at their mistresses.
“These crimes are acts of cruelty and
anti-Buddhist and dishonor our country, our nation, our race,” the
84-year-old former monarch wrote in the message, dated Monday.
Sihanouk, who is being treated for medical
problems in Beijing but often uses messages on his website to weigh
in on matters affecting Cambodia, also singled out pedophiles who
“maltreat, torture, kill children.”
Acts of domestic violence have become near-daily
fodder for local newspapers, which often run graphic photographs of
dead or maimed victims, while child-sex crimes also remain a
continued problem in impoverished Cambodia.
--AFP
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