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New Weapon in War on Karaoke -- Tanks
Wednesday December 26, 2001
(11:01 AM ET)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Reuters
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has launched a stern crackdown on Cambodia's nightlife, unveiled a new punishment Wednesday for rogue karaoke bars -- destruction by tanks.

“If we know of any karaoke parlor still open, go to close it immediately and take tanks to knock it down,” Hun Sen told a military commander during a speech broadcast on state radio.

Last month Hun Sen ordered thousands of nightclubs, discotheques and karaoke parlors to close in a nationwide crackdown on vice.

The move sparked protests from thousands of people who said their livelihoods had been destroyed.
(DailyNews.Yahoo.com News Source)
2001 © Reuters.

Dan