Parents abandoning children deliberately at ‘doomsday’ farm

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Doomsday believers are using their children as a ploy to re-enter the farmstead of Khem Veasna, president of League for Democracy Party, according to top officials. Nearly 200 children are still living in the farmstead near the Kulen mountains in Siem Reap province, while their parents have already left for their homes as per the doomsday organiser’s instruction.

To date, more than 100 children left with their parents from the farmstead in the Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province. Colonel Long Samnang, Banteay Srei Police Chief, said, “Around 200 children are still in the farmstead even as their parents left for homes over a variety of reasons, including to register for the 2023 elections.”

“Some people might be thinking they can use their children as an excuse to return to the farmstead. They should drop such big expectations as officials concerned will not let them return to the farm, which they had already left once,” Col Long Samnang added. He noted that if parents return to take their children back home, the authorities will go along with them inside the farmstead to bring their children outside.

 

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