Thursday, 02 December 2010
By Sebastian Strangio and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
Phnom Penh Post
A staff photographer for the Phnom Penh Post was briefly detained by private security guards while taking pictures on Diamond Island (pictured) on Thursday, following last week’s deadly stampede on a bridge leading to the island.
“When I arrived there I started taking pictures, the security guard arrived and asked it I had permission from the developer,” said photographer Pha Lina, who went to the island to take photos of local vendors.
He said three guards escorted him back to their office, where he was forced to delete the photos from his camera, while security guards took down his ID card and motorbike license plate numbers. A copy was also made of his ID card.
“They said ‘you are not allowed’,” Pha Lina said. “And the security guard explained to me that after the stampede, they don’t want people to report about the quiet place here. We want more people to come.”
The claim came after last week’s deadly stampede, which killed 352 people and injured a further 395....read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
By Sebastian Strangio and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
Phnom Penh Post
A staff photographer for the Phnom Penh Post was briefly detained by private security guards while taking pictures on Diamond Island (pictured) on Thursday, following last week’s deadly stampede on a bridge leading to the island.
“When I arrived there I started taking pictures, the security guard arrived and asked it I had permission from the developer,” said photographer Pha Lina, who went to the island to take photos of local vendors.
He said three guards escorted him back to their office, where he was forced to delete the photos from his camera, while security guards took down his ID card and motorbike license plate numbers. A copy was also made of his ID card.
“They said ‘you are not allowed’,” Pha Lina said. “And the security guard explained to me that after the stampede, they don’t want people to report about the quiet place here. We want more people to come.”
The claim came after last week’s deadly stampede, which killed 352 people and injured a further 395....read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
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