Source: Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia's government issued a directive preventing Christians from promoting their religion in public places, or using money or other means to persuade people to convert, officials said Tuesday.
"They can do any activity inside their institutions, but are not allowed to go door-to-door," said Sun Kim Hun, deputy minister of cult and religion.
He said the directive, dated June 26 but distributed Tuesday, follows similar proclamations in 1999 and 2003 and is a reminder to Christian groups not to break the law. The directive did not mention other religions.
There were fewer than 70,000 Christians and about 170 churches in Cambodia in 2006, according to government figures. Cambodia's nearly 14 million people are more than 90 percent Buddhist.