Thursday, November 10, 2005

Cambodia Discourages Euthanasia Tourism

One-way ticket to Cambodia, please... - Yahoo! News:

"PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The governor of a Cambodian province is suing an American Internet cafe owner over a Web site that promotes a sleepy corner of the war-scarred southeast Asian nation as an ideal place for people who want to kill themselves.

Kampot governor Puth Chandarith said Wednesday he had filed a suit against Californian Roger Graham for disseminating false information and defaming the province on his Web sites, www.euthanasiaincambodia.com and www.asian-hearts.com.

[...] He said the Cambodian government had received around 50 complaints from foreigners about the Web site, which relatives of a 47-year-old British woman who recently committed suicide in Kampot believe influenced her decision.

[...] Graham, who owns the Blue Mountain Coffee and Internet Cafe in Kampot, a quiet coastal backwater, said he could not understand why people were making such a fuss.

"It was a nice quiet little Web site," he told the Cambodia Daily. "Now it's blown into this circus and it's a bit much for me." "