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| Kep Chuktema and his wife (Front row) (Photo: Khem Sovannara) |
Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post
Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema presided over the reopening of Diamond Island’s northern bridge on Wednesday, where more than 350 people were killed last month in a stampede on the final night of the annual Water Festival break.
Monks blessed the bridge in a ceremony meant to cleanse the structure of all misfortune before crossing it themselves in a gesture of reassurance that the bridge was safe to use.
However, Kep Chuktema chose to arrive and depart the event using the alternate Spean Hang bridge.
Others in attendance expressed lingering concerns over the structure, with one saying the governor’s decision not to use it was disconcerting.
“The governor should have crossed the bridge that he just inaugurated,” said May Kimly, 50.
“It shows that he still fears the tragedy on the bridge.”
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Monks blessed the bridge in a ceremony meant to cleanse the structure of all misfortune before crossing it themselves in a gesture of reassurance that the bridge was safe to use.
However, Kep Chuktema chose to arrive and depart the event using the alternate Spean Hang bridge.
Others in attendance expressed lingering concerns over the structure, with one saying the governor’s decision not to use it was disconcerting.
“The governor should have crossed the bridge that he just inaugurated,” said May Kimly, 50.
“It shows that he still fears the tragedy on the bridge.”
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