Forestry bodies launch hotlines to report aggressive monkey behaviour

Monkeys beg for food from tourists at the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap province. In recent years, some of the monkeys are reported to have displayed aggressive behaviour. - Post Staff

PHNOM PENH: The Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has launched two telephone hotlines that the public can use to report aggressive simian behaviour.

If members of the public are concerned by the behaviour of any monkey they come into contact with, they can alert the administration, who will remove them and return them to an appropriate location.