WAT PHNOM IS THE RED POINT

WAT PHNOM IS THE RED POINT

Long time ago, Wat Phnom was the place that many people regard as holy place due to history. In that time, there was an old lady whose name was Dunh Penh, who lived on the hill which was called Wat Phnom in the present, who had found the statue of the Buddha in the hole of tree which flow along the water. In that hole, there were three statues of the Buddha, and then she took those statues to keep on the hill and asked the people around that place to do a ceremony as holy place and obey for every year. And this traditional have firm since the past till now. So it became the favorite place for everyone who visited Phnom Penh, especially, foreigners who visited in Phnom Penh and wanted to know about the geography in Phnom Penh.

In the past, Wat Phnom was the favorite place for many people who came from another place in Cambodia and the foreigner. This place was the middle point of Phnom Penh and it was the place that was very crowed of visitors every day. Furthermore, it was always celebrated many festival every year at there in order to reviewed the history of the being of Wat Phnom which caused from the old lady named Dunh Penh. Many people always asked for happiness, safety, and wealthy from the holy place, and they believed that it would provide them as what they wanted. And right now, there were many things which made it unpopular as in the past.

Wat Phnom has become the red point for every one which was contrast in the past, and all of those things cause from social security. Wat Phnom was alerted as dangerous point for visitors because it was unsafety and threatening. Many visitors have been injured by the gangsters or pickpockets, which made them hurt and threated them for precious things such necklet, money, mobile phone, camera, motorbike, and other things which cost for sale. Those problem always happen in every day, and at least there were one or two injury from robbery, pickpocket, or threatening from that place per day. The police officer who stand by at there are always worry about the people who visit that place to suffer threatening from the gangsters or losing the price things. All of policeman try to secure around that place also in order to prevent from robbery, criminal, and pickpocket, but there miss some part that can’t control.

According to asking the policeman, Hul Pheap, who stand by next to Wat Phnom has mention that “there are robberies, criminals, pickpockets, and threating every day. And most of the injuries are the visitors and the people who traveling along Wat Phnom at night.” Due to this speed, we can suppose that night time is the most dangerous for visitor to traveling around the Wat Phnom. And most of the injuries don’t know about this that place as red point which should avoid in night time.

So Wat Phnom which used to have a good reputation, changed to be a red point for visitors who want to visit at the holy place. And this will affect to the reputation of Phnom Penh that is the capital of Cambodia, and it will cause to deduct tourism so that it will make the people around that place have less job to do.