Vietnamese TikToker fined for ‘defaming’ Angkor

Vietnamese TikTokers use revered religious monument Angkor Wat as a backdrop for social media videos on Oct 23. - FB

PHNOM PENH: Vietnamese TikToker Hua Quoc Anh, who is based in Ho Chi Minh City, was fined US$306 on Jan 3 for posting a video clip which defamed Cambodia’s world-famous Angkor Wat Temple in November last year, according to Vietnamese media outlet VN Express.

It was reported that the authorities not only fined Quoc Anh, but demanded that he learn his lesson and abide by Vietnamese laws on the use of social media and the Internet.