A Banner Printed with An Artist’s Words Altered
After the Cambodian artist, Khemarak Sereymon was granted the title “Oknha” (tycoon), a picture of a blue banner printed with his quote was uploaded on Facebook last week. The picture got many shares, comments, and reactions from social media users. However, running a Google Reverse Image Search proves the picture was digitally edited.
Social Media Claim
A picture showing two men hanging a blue banner printed with the speech of Cambodia’s well-known artist Khemarak Sereymon was circulated on Facebook last week. The Facebook user who uploaded the picture captioned it as the artist’s speech.
The picture had been shared multiple times along with a mixture of comments and reactions from social media users.
Below is the capture of the post saying “This is a speech of Khemarak Sereymon. Let’s recall the speech by the artist who was granted the title Okhna. What would be called if a plot of land was violated?”
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia began checking the picture by running a Google Reverse Image Search which led us to find out facts below.
The picture of two men hanging a blue banner was published on the homepage of Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment dating back to 2018.
The original picture shows two unidentified men hanging a blue banner printed with “Good practice of hygiene [and] clean environment brings us healthy life. A clean environment starts from one of us.”
Environment Ministry’s Report | Archived Link
Please see a comparable photo between the edited version and the original photo we found.
We also found the picture of the blue banner had been edited by social media users in the past months. Fact Crescendo Cambodia already debunked the previous claims which used the picture. See here.
Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia found out the picture mentioned above was altered. The original photo shows two men hanging a blue banner raising awareness of hygiene and the environment some years ago. It is unrelated to Cambodian artist Khemarak Sereymon’s speech.
