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A Cambodian delegation is in London today to investigate whether the United Kingdom is harbouring any cultural treasures stolen from Khmer sacred temples. Earlier this year Cambodia sent a list of missing artefacts to the British Museum, and Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The Southeast Asian nation believes a number of precious items were stolen by a British art dealer, Douglas Latchford, during the country’s civil war when it was under the murderous Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 to 1979. Cambodia wants them back. The Victoria & Albert Museum opened its doors to archaeologists and officials from Cambodia today […]

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