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...anti-Thai riots that ripped through Cambodia's capital last week, far more destructive and dangerous acts were committed yet none were as freighted with symbolism. Apart from the embassy, scores of hotels and businesses with Thai connections were vandalized, and more than 700 Thai nationals, including Ambassador Chatchawed Chartsuwan and his staff, were forced to flee for their lives. But for stunned Thais watching the riots on TV back home, these acts paled beside news of their revered monarch's image defiled inside their own embassy in Phnom Penh while police stood watching from the lawn. "If Cambodians destroy...
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