Page 14 - Sam Ath News Today

On August 4 of this year, a team from the Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts filmed leaflute musician Chhorn Sam Ath, one of the few remaining music masters who can whistle a tune into a leaf to make music. The filming was conducted to document a unique Cambodian musical instrument made out of leaf for the purpose of research and posterity.

A 52-year-old mother living in Kampong Chhnang province’s Teuk Phos district shows her deep regret over her decision to bring her daughter to a “spiritual healer” to get “magic water” treatment in light of the terrible consequences that resulted.

After more than two and a half years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of national and international visitors to the pre-Angkorian Sambor Prei Kuk temple complex in Kampong Thom province has begun to increase.

A 52-year-old mother living in Kampong Chhnang province’s Teuk Phos district shows her deep regret over her decision to bring her daughter to a “spiritual healer” to get “magic water” treatment in light of the terrible consequences that resulted.

Although most people have a strong belief in modern scientific medical treatment, traditional medicine – and traditional treatment methods – remain indispensable to many in Cambodian society.

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, who also serves as chairman of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), said the fight against all forms of human trafficking, including labour trafficking and sexual exploitation, is important for the protection of human rights as well as being tied to the combating of terrorism and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

A senior General Department of Prisons (GDP) official is calling on young people to join the service, with an extra 405 officers being sought to serve in correctional and rehabilitation centres in the capital and provinces.

Licadho says the online money lenders harass and blackmail women until they repay their debt.

A group of 17 prisoners convicted of minor crimes have been granted conditional release from incarceration to ease overcrowding at prisons across the country.

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said he was surprised to see that the US Department of State had downgraded Cambodia’s human trafficking ranking even though the Kingdom had shown a willingness to address the issue by implementing policies and practical mechanisms to stop those types of crimes.