A Facebook post showing Sithong Sokha breastfeeding her baby while on duty. Facebook
PHNOM PENH (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Ministry of Interior’s Gender Working Group expressed deep regret that Siem Pang district police chief in Stung Treng province had warned a lieutenant colonel about breastfeeding while on duty.
Sithong Sokha, the district deputy police chief in charge of public order, posted a picture of herself breastfeeding on March 2, saying: “Because I am a mother, regardless of the circumstances I must forget about shyness and do everything for my children. This is real life.”
Then on March 6, she posted another message on Facebook apologising for posting a picture of herself breastfeeding while on duty.
A senior Ministry of Interior official on March 10 sent a letter to the Stung Treng Provincial Administration deploring a recent warning against a deputy district police chief who breastfed her baby in public while on duty.
The Ministry of Interior’s Gender Working Group expressed deep regret that Siem Pang district police chief in Stung Treng province had warned a lieutenant colonel about breastfeeding while on duty.
Sithong Sokha, the district deputy police chief in charge of public order, posted a picture of herself breastfeeding on March 2, saying: “Because I am a mother, regardless of the circumstances I must forget about shyness and do everything for my children. This is real life.”
Then on March 6, she posted another message on Facebook apologising for posting a picture of herself breastfeeding while on duty.
On March 9, Sokha was summonsed to Siem Pang district police headquarters to sign a letter promising to stop the practice.
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US ambassador Patrick Murphy (fifth from left), and interior ministry secretary of state Chou Bun Eng take a group photo after their meeting on Friday. Interior Ministry
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