Stolen relics to return to Oudong Mountain

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Sen David

Sacred relics stolen in 2013 but since recovered, including a golden urn said to contain the ashes of the Buddha, will make their way back to their home on Oudong Mountain next month, officials said yesterday.

Ministry of Cults and Religion spokesman Seng Somony said that the government would march the relics back to the stupa on the mountain on May 20, Visak Bochea Day, the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar marking the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.

After the relics were stolen on December 11, 2013, authorities charged four of the site’s security guards over the disappearance.

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