Cambodia welcomes return of looted treasures from US

Cambodia welcomes the return of a batch of trafficked Buddhist and Hindu statues from collectors and museums in the United States.

The items were welcomed at a ceremony presided over by PM Hun Manet. In recent years the kingdom has worked closely with US officials to secure the return of hundreds of precious cultural artifacts -- many of them stolen and exported illegally. The latest return is of 70 Khmer objects including stone statues of a mythical warrior from the Hindu epic Mahabharata and the deities Shiva and Uma, as well as a bronze head.