Foreigners arrested in Cambodia for ‘pornographic dancing’ at party
Official: ‘We cracked down on them because they committed activities that are against our culture’
Cambodia has arrested 10 foreigners for “singing and dancing pornographically”, police said Sunday, as the kingdom cracks down on racy behaviour at popular tourist sites.
The group, which could face a year in prison on pornography charges, was arrested Thursday at a villa in Siem Reap, the town connected to Cambodia’s famed ancient ruins of Angkor Wat.
Duong Thavry, chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department in Siem Reap, said that some of those arrested were expats and others were tourists who had been in the country for several months.
“We cracked down on them because they committed activities that are against our culture,” she said.
Cambodia’s national police said on its website that authorities had arrested six British nationals, two Canadians, one New Zealander and one defendant whose citizenship was not identified.
All were arrested for “singing and dancing pornographically”, the police said in the weekend post, which showed photos of pairs simulating various sexual positions at a party.
