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FILE – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet greets garment workers at Prey Speu village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 29, 2023. PHOTO: AP

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered a ban on musical horns, after videos posted on social media showed people dancing on roads and roadsides as passing trucks blasted rhythmic little tunes.

Hun Manet, who last year took over the wheel of government from his father, Hun Sen — who led Cambodia for 38 years — called on the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation and police across the country to immediately take action against any vehicle whose normal horn has been replaced by a tune-playing one by ripping it out and restoring the standard honking type. He said the measure has already been implemented by provincial authorities, but he wanted to announce it publicly to make sure it was enforced nationwide.

He commented on his Facebook page on Monday that recent social media posts had shown “inappropriate activity committed by some people, especially youth and children, dancing on the roadside to the musical sounds from trucks’ horns.”

Hun Manet said such dancing affects public order and poses a traffic hazard that is a threat to life and limb, not least of all to the dancers themselves. One video shows three young people dancing in the middle of a road while a large trailer truck coming their way lays down a beat.

For Cambodians, there will be no more dancing in the street.

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YANGON (AFP) – The lakeside mansion where Myanmar’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent years under house arrest went under auction on Wednesday with a minimum price of USD150 million — but attracted no bids, officials said. The two-storey house and 1.9 acres of land was put up for sale following a decades-long dispute

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SINGAPORE: Singapore minister joins Tarawih prayers

The Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) performed Isyak, Sunnat Tarawih and Sunnat Witir prayers yesterday to reap rewards through the acts of worship in conjunction with the holy month of Ramadhan. Minister of Religious Affairs Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Awang Othman and spouse,

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Taraweeh is a voluntary prayer performed after the evening prayer, Isha, every single night during Ramadan. As it is a highly recommended Sunnah, mosques across the world hold congregational Tarawih prayers for men and women on every night of this blessed month.

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THAILAND: Thai PM meets albino buffalo in ‘soft power’ push

Ko Muang Phet, a white buffalo who was sold for US$500,000, poses for a photograph before a meeting between Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and members of the Thai Buffalo Breeding Development Association at Government House in Bangkok yesterday. / Photo: AFP

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BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin took the bull by the horns Wednesday as he welcomed an unusual visitor to his offices — an enormous white buffalo that recently sold for USD500,000. The bulky bovine, named Ko Muang Phet, was renowned in Thai farming circles as a stud animal but hit the mainstream

Ko Muang Phet, a white buffalo who was sold for US$500,000, poses for a photograph before a meeting between Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and members of the Thai Buffalo Breeding Development Association at Government House in Bangkok yesterday.

Photo: AFP