“A photo shows Cambodians throwing water on passengers during Khmer New Year Festival in the past years.”
នរៈ ឧរង្គៈ Nakrak Urunga
Social Media User. Facebook Post. Claim dated 24 Mar 2023.
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated thisMisleading
What Fact Crescendo Cambodia found
This old image is unrelated to Khmer New Year Festival in the past. The image is of Laos New Year Festival in 1971 and nothing related to Khmer New Year Festival in the past.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
នរៈ ឧរង្គៈ Nakrak Urunga (Social Media User) made this claim around 24 March 2023. Fact Crescendo Cambodia (Cambodia) looked into it and published its finding on 22 April 2023, 29 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/NakrakUrungkak/posts/pfbid0VXtSjtPa1ZF4kwdJ6ny1oFARWkixf8MYwzXWz…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/OknhaNournOrk/posts/pfbid02jVu3XrMpJ3GttuYyUes5se4GV5mZAgJXqnsoU…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/Johnkhormtepir/posts/pfbid02mNZZRWKa29C6uhSg4ATp4EL6pUBNR7zzz7KK…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/vanessa.jessica.1656/posts/pfbid02YSchhnZCuayz2yJZioYXWw5CAysk6R…
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