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US returns 27 stolen antiquities to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH (REUTERS) - The United States has repatriated 27 antiquities to Cambodia, including Hindu and Buddhist
statues, after years of work by New York investigators to recover the smuggled artefacts.

Valued at about US$3.8 million (S$5 million), the items included several Hindu and Angkorian Buddhist statues, such as a
bronze meditating Buddha on a Naga, a statue of Shiva, and a Buddhist sandstone sculpture of Prajnaparamita.

"The repatriation of these 27 stunning relics to the people of Cambodia restores an important link between the nation's classi-
cal Angkor era and its modern customs and beliefs that, for far too long, was disrupted by the greed of stolen antiquities traffick-

ers," Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr said in a statement.
Cambodia's Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, Phoeurng Sackona said the antiquities were the "missing souls" of the country's

ancestors.
The Cambodian items were among nearly 400 being returned to 10 countries after investigations by Manhattan's Antiquities

Trafficking Unit and Homeland Security Investigations.
US authorities last week returned to Thailand two 680kg stone carvings stolen decades ago, which had been on display at a

San Francisco museum.

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The Government of Japan provides additional 30 ambulances to Cambodia

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Handover Ceremony of 30 ambulances donated by the Government of Japan was held
on 4 June 2021 at Minsitry of Health’s Central Medical Storage (CMS) presided over by H.E. Prof. Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health
and H.E. Mr. MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of
Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Japan will continue to cooperate with the Royal
Government of Cambodia to provide necessary
equipment. We hope that these supplies will be
helpful for the Cambodian healthcare profession-
als who are working so hard to fight COVID-19.

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