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Yesterday evening, Cambodian Government held big concert with most popular singers and movie stars to sing and performance inside Olympic Stadium, presided over by Sok An, deputy prime minister and Head of Senior Cambodian delegation, in order to celebrate the big victory of Preah Vihear Temple listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO at 32^nd session in Canada.

Thousands of Cambodian people, young and old wearing T-shirt bearing Preah Vihear temple, shouting, waving the national flag and chanted songs on Khmer History while all popular signers sang the songs in relation with the Preah Vihear temple and land of Preah Vihear with traditional music.

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One year passed quickly but perpetrators are still at large. Popular singer with her soft and sweet voice, Pov Pahnapich, 23 remains seeking medical treatment in Vietnam ever since she was shot in broad daylight and she cannot walk by herself. Probably, she is half-paralyzed forever because her body from chest to her foot cannot move.

Currently, according to the Daily, she and her family felt afraid of returning to Cambodia since the attackers have yet to be arrested and punished by law and they think that murderers will come back to attempt her life once again. So far, her health is recovering but cannot sing, or walk by herself.

Pov Pahnapich, singer, Karaoke performer and television host, was shot on February 23, 2007 early morning in the heart of Phnom Penh two bullets at close range in the neck and hip. The gunmen, aged mid-20s, shot her from the back of a motorcycle from a distance of around one meter while she had parked her car and was walking to the ELT School near Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy along Norodom Boulevard.

Immediately, she was taken to Calmette Hospital, but it was because of serious injury. And then she was transferred quickly by ambulance to Cha Roy hospital in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

For the government authorities, they claim that they still continue searching for perpetrators to be punished. But they blame the victim’s family for not cooperating with investigation into shooting.

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Meas Soksophea is one of popular singers currently who went to join concert in USA at the beginning of this year, had been taken photo with Cambodian-American woman. This photo was sent by my friend who was standing near singer.

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On June 21, 2007 Music Festival 2007 was held at Centre Culturel Francais (CCF). Popular band and singers performed including Hight Tone, Sopoune Midada, Ouk Sokunkagna, Bun Sak, Sok Pisey, Khem Bunthai and Chhuon Sovanchhai.

Because I left my camera at home. I used my phone camera to take picture and it is not clear. By the way, it was hard to take photos of singers as well at night. I participated in this event without plan after Virak let me know.

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