Cambodia could ban water guns after tourist injury

“I saw on social media that one foreigner was injured by water guns during the Khmer New Year. Don’t play this game,” he said.

“Water guns were not even used here until a few years back,” he said on Friday as quoted by the Khmer Times newspaper.

Cambodians celebrated this year’s Khmer New Year April 13 to 16, and the festivities across the country saw over six million people, including foreigners, taking part by dousing each other with water as per regional tradition.

Ahead of the New Year, the PM urged all citizens to avoid splashing water on each other’s faces, which has become very popular during the Khmer New Year over the last decade. The festivities resemble the famous water play of the Thai New Year.

Cambodia received 13 million tourists during the three-day traditional festival, including over 55,000 foreigners, the Phnom Penh Post reported.