PHNOM PENH: The United States embassy in Cambodia has fired 32 people afterthey were allegedly caught sharing pornographic material in a non-officialchat group, several sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Pornographic videos and photographs, including some featuring people underthe age of 18, were shared in a Facebook Messenger chat group.
Some of the images were seen by the wife of an embassy worker who reportedthe incident to an official at the embassy. The matter was then forwardedto the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the sources said.
“They had their identification cards taken and some of their phoneschecked,” a former US embassy staff member told Reuters on condition ofanonymity.
He said the 32 embassy workers included Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans.Many were guards and some were clerical staff. There were no diplomatsamong them, they said.
Two of the sources, both of whom work at the embassy, confirmed thedismissals.