Remarks by His Excellency Dr. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers at the Transfer Ceremony of the Statue of Duryodhana New York, May 7, 2014 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am much honored to represent the Kingdom of Cambodia to receive and bring the Statue of Duryodhana back to our homeland where he belongs. The story of Duryodhana started more than one thousand years ago when King Jayavarman IV decided to depict the famous battle of the Hindu epic Mahabharata in Prasat Chen, one of his temples. After a long 40-year journey, surviving civil wars, looting and smuggling, the Statue had travelled through Thailand, United Kingdom, Belgium and the United States of America. Duryodhana is about to say good-bye now to this beautiful country and their people who helped him regain his freedom, and return home. This remarkable day marks a milestone in our policy concerning the protection of cultural he...