KANDAL, Cambodia: A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced five men to seven years in jail each for stealing a golden urn said to contain relics of Buddha after it was snatched from a mountain shrine.
The disappearance of the urn -- believed to contain hair, teeth and bones of Buddha -- and several small statues came to light in late 2013, sparking a nationwide manhunt in the Buddhist-majority country.
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