Gold Medal is "Only Thing Cambodia Can Brag About" Says PM
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Gold Medal is "Only Thing Cambodia Can Brag About" Says PM
Prime Minister HE yesterday sang the praises of Cambodia’s first gold medallist in 44 years – suggesting Sorn Seavmey’s achievement was the “only thing Cambodia can brag about” – as the Kingdom’s Olympic Committee warned of bogus Facebook accounts in her name soliciting money.
After Seavmey, 19, took first in taekwondo at the Asian Games in South Korea on October 3, HE yesterday commended her achievement at a graduation ceremony for Cambodia University of Specialties at Koh Pich yesterday.
“It’s no small achievement to win a gold medal against 45 countries,” said the prime minister, who is granting the athlete $30,000, a motorbike, an iPad, a computer, an automatic pass for the grade 12 exam and $1,500 per year in congratulations.
“For those who could not … praise this achievement, please stay silent,” HE said, referring to people criticising the gifts. “This is the only thing Cambodia can brag about.”
The comments came on the same day that the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia released a statement warning that multiple Facebook accounts have been created by scam artists purporting to be Seavmey asking for donations for nonexistent charities.
The accounts contain phone numbers donors can use to set up appointments and contribute to the fake funds, said Vath Chamroeun, the Olympic Committee’s secretary.
“Based on current observation, there have been Facebook accounts established identifying them as belonging to Seavmey for money-soliciting purposes,” Chamroeun said. “We are monitoring those thieves, and we have already prepared lawyers for.....
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Is the World Taekwondo Federation really called – WTF?
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Re: Gold Medal is "Only Thing Cambodia Can Brag About" Says
Ha! Didn't even catch that!Garry.Crabtree wrote:Is the World Taekwondo Federation really called – WTF?
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Thanks for the laugh ...good way to start the day...wtf ha haGarry.Crabtree wrote:Is the World Taekwondo Federation really called – WTF?
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an automatic pass of the grade 12 exam? sheesh.
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Not a bad incentive for young folk to get into sports.
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Yeah that's bullshit. Is she getting 1500$ per year for life?rick_o'shea wrote:an automatic pass of the grade 12 exam? sheesh.
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In fairness if she took the exam one year earlier, she would have been able to pay for an automatic pass anyway.
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is it possible prahok kills brain cells?
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