Reality off the rails in Phnom Penh
PHNOM PENH – Science fiction author Philip K Dick once explained reality as “that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away”. As sensible as this may sound, it is a definition unlikely to take hold in Cambodia, where recent events have shown the government’s tendency to obstinately dismiss anything but the most convenient information.
The denials have come from the highest ranks of government to the lowest rungs of social entertainment and conscripted the judicial system to fend off criticism.
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