This week the museum announced a ban on visitors hoping to catch a Pokemon or two. The site is a grim reminder of Cambodia’s past, an internment camp where the Khmer Rouge tortured and killed thousands during its reign of terror.
Pokemon Go may be taking the world by storm, but there are a few places where the popular smartphone app is unwelcome. One of these – the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia – is implementing new measures to prevent visitors from playing the game within its grounds.
This week the museum announced a ban on visitors hoping to catch a Pokemon or two. The site is a grim reminder of Cambodia’s past, an internment camp where the Khmer Rouge tortured and killed thousands during its reign of terror.
Even while the game developer is reviewing requests to remove controversial locations from its app, museum director Chhay Visoth has already instructed site officials to ban any visitors playing Pokemon Go.
“We do not welcome this crazy game because this place is not the place to play a game,” he told local press.
Elsewhere, Thailand’s telecoms regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) on Wednesday said it would ban Pokemon Go outright if ‘sensitive’ locations such as hospitals, military bases and government offices are not removed from the game.
And soldiers in Khon Kaen province were warned they could be jailed if they were caught playing Pokemon Go instead of marching.