VN tourists warned over drone
ppp Mon, 16 November 2015
Pech Sotheary
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| A Vietnamese tourist sits at a local police station in Phnom Penh on the weekend, after he was detained by authorities for flying a camera drone near the Royal Palace. Photo supplied |
Three
Vietnamese tourists got off with a warning after they were arrested for
flying a camera drone in front of the Royal Palace on Saturday.
Tran
Minh Hung, 27; Nguyen Drun Anm, 23; and Nong Minh Buong, 24, were
detained on Saturday, given a lecture on the capital’s drone ban, then
released on the same day.
Police have confiscated the trio’s drone, which contained pictures of the landscape surrounding the palace.
“We
just educated them because they are tourists who do not know about the
laws and restricted areas in Cambodia,” said Seang Sen, director of
general security at the Ministry of Interior.
In
February 2015, Phnom Penh Municipal Hall banned the use of camera
drones in the capital, citing privacy and public safety concerns.
The
ban was issued shortly after a German man flew a drone into the Royal
Palace and startled the Queen Mother, who was exercising.
The
rule, however, has since been broken on multiple occasions. In June, US
and French nationals were arrested for flying a camera drone over Prime
Minister Hun Sen’s house and taking pictures.
A
week ago, a Chinese national was briefly detained after flying a drone
over the Royal Palace. All three were warned and released.
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