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Bokor church transferred for update


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On Christmas Eve, the Cambodian government transferred control of the abandoned church on Bokor Mountain to a Catholic community, with plans to renovate the dilapidated house of worship.

 

Sitting atop Bokor Mountain in Preah Monivong National Park, the church is part of a cluster of abandoned French colonial buildings from the 1920s that includes a casino also undergoing renovations. The French abandoned the area in the 1940s, and in the 1990s it become one of the last holdouts of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime.

 

“During the Khmer Rouge, this church was not used properly based on Christian practices. Now we transfer it to the Christian community,” said Sao Sopheap, spokesman for the Ministry of Environment.

 

READ MORE http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bokor-church-transferred-update

 

 
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