Lion controversially returned to owner after Cambodian PM steps in
By AFP
06 July 2021 |
3:29 pm
A defanged lion trafficked to an upscale neighbourhood of the Cambodian capital has been controversially returned to its owner following the unlikely intervention of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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