PM nixes casino's name change Tue, 26 september 2017,outrage over the renaming of a casino built on historic Bokor Mountain drew a swift reaction from Prime Minister Hun sen, who unilaterally overturned th Ministry of Commerce approval of the rebrand and ordered the removalof a new resort signage on Saturday Thansur Bokor Highland Resort, a massive hotel and casino development in Kampot Province's Preah Monivong National Park, will keep its name despite its owner's attempt to rebrand it as Sokha Thansur Resort. The name change became public in early September, but did not begin generating social media backlash-much of it racially tinged-until last week. Many social media expressed fear that the change would lead to a loss of commenters national identity, and was an attempt on the part of the resort owner, ethnically vietnamese tycoon sok Kong, to whitewash Cambodian history some users appeared to wrongly conflate the change in the name of the new resort, which opened in 2012, to a change in the name of the national park as a whole. The park is named after King Sisowath Monivong, who died on Bokor Mountain in 1941, giving the site both historical and royal significance. Following the outcry, Hun Sen ordered Kampot's governor to remove the signage via his Facebook page on Saturday morning, saying the "historic area must keep its original name" and thanking "national compatriots" for bringing the issue to his attention By late Saturday morning, a coalition of police and military police had removed all traces of signage bearing the new name and social media had been edited to reflect the change. Reached yesterday, Kong said he would not fight the prime minister's decision, but pointed out that the Ministry of Commerce granted his company permission to change the name of the resort.
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