Chinese woman deported over royal photos
25 Oct 2012 4:31 AM IST
A Cambodian court on Tuesday ordered the deportation of a Chinese factory manager who nearly caused a riot among workers by ripping up photographs of recently deceased former king Norodom Sihanouk.
Wang Zia Chao, 43, was also handed a one-year suspended sentence for ‘intentionally damaging the photos’ of the revered royal and told to pay a USD 500 fine, judge Seng Neang at Phnom Penh municipal court said.
Wang expressed remorse for destroying the two photos yesterday after becoming annoyed that staff at the Top World garment factory had interrupted work to look at them, but she told the court she was unaware who was depicted in the images.
‘If I had known... I would not have done it. I feel regret for the mistake and I would like to say sorry for everything,’ Wang said.
Yesterday’s incident so infuriated the factory workers that police had to be called in to calm down a 1,000-strong crowd.
Wang Zia Chao, 43, was also handed a one-year suspended sentence for ‘intentionally damaging the photos’ of the revered royal and told to pay a USD 500 fine, judge Seng Neang at Phnom Penh municipal court said.
Wang expressed remorse for destroying the two photos yesterday after becoming annoyed that staff at the Top World garment factory had interrupted work to look at them, but she told the court she was unaware who was depicted in the images.
‘If I had known... I would not have done it. I feel regret for the mistake and I would like to say sorry for everything,’ Wang said.
Yesterday’s incident so infuriated the factory workers that police had to be called in to calm down a 1,000-strong crowd.
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