Leslie Adams, 20, and Lindsey Adams, 22, were sentenced Saturday to be deported after they took naked pictures of each other in Preah Khan Temple in Cambodia’s Angkor complex the day before, officials said.
Apsara Authority has confirmed that that Lindsey Adams and her sister Leslie Adams were caught at Preah Khan temple taking pictures of each other with their pants down.
“They lowered their pants to their knees and took pictures of their buttocks,” said Keat Bunthan, a senior heritage police official in northwestern Siem Reap province.
This is clearly very upsetting to many Cambodians, and comes just weeks after a series of naked foreigners have been arrested while naked in cambodia, including 3 forieghners riding around on their motorbikes naked, 3 french guys taking completely nude pictures from behind in the Angkor Complex, a Western couple having sex on a tuk-tuk and even a Japanese girl releasing pictures of herself posing topless in the Angkor Wat Temple.
The temples in Siem Reap, Cambodia are holy places for Cambodians, so they are very offended when foreighners run around them naked like they are on Spring Break in Cancun, Mexico.
A spokeswoman for Apsara Authority, Ms Chau Sun Kerya, told AFP, “Perhaps they did not know Angkor is a holy site. But their inappropriate activities affect the sanctity of the place.” She considers the American tourists actions to be very offensive because Angkor is considered to be sacred ground.
Lindsey Adams and Leslie Adams, the 2 tourists from America have already admitted they have made a mistake by taking nude pictures of each other.
