"It is their thinking and belief, so we can't say their thinking is right or wrong, but I don't want them to think in a bad way anymore because it is a selfish idea."~ Don Sarin, Under-secretary of State of the Ministry of Cults and Religions responding to many Cambodians highly-negative feelings towards the site of the stampede- Diamond Island.
This can be roughly translated as: Please don't speak ill of Diamond Island-the private development that was the scene of a disaster that killed so many of your family and friends- because my mates own the property and it will negatively affect its commercial value.
Philip, thanks for the translation, because to me it read like round about gobbledygook!
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