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Vietnam fines TikToker $300 for saying Angkor Wat is in Thailand

Online influencer accused of distorting Cambodia's culture for clickbait

The Angkor Wat temple complex is a world-famous tourist site in Cambodia -- not Thailand, as one TikToker in Vietnam recently implied. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

HO CHI MINH CITY -- The TikTok clip lasted just 90 seconds but its content -- an image of Angkor Wat overlaid with the Thai flag -- was enough to earn its creator a $300 fine and a meeting with police.

Vietnam punished the influencer, Hua Quoc Anh, for "offending" Cambodia in suggesting the ancient temples belong to Thailand, according to a Thursday post on the website of the information ministry's broadcasting authority.

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