A photo depicting Neak Loeung Bridge or Tsubassa Bridge was posted on the Facebook page recently. It was attached with a claim stating that this bridge has been holding the position of the longest bridge in Cambodia for more than 25 years. This claim has been reacted with mixed comments and shared by many Facebook users. However, after checking the reliable sources, it proves that the claim made above is false.
This is about our investigation of this claim.
Social Media Claim
On May 16, 2022, one of the Facebook pages called ASEAN urbanist posted a photo of Neak Loeung Bridge or Tsubassa Bridge at night time. This photo has come with a caption mentioning it was held for the position of Cambodia’s longest bridge for more than 25 years. The photo attached with a claim above had been shared many times along with a mixture of comments and reactions as well.
The following screenshot was captured from the above Facebook post which claims in English as “Neak Loeung Bridge in Prey Veng Province holds the position of the longest bridge in Cambodia for more than 25 years”.
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia had started to verify this claim directly by checking reliable news, which brought us to the sources containing the following information of this bridge.
On April 6, 2015, the inauguration and official opening of Neak Loeung Bridge, also known in Japanese as Tsubassa, the longest bridges in Cambodia has been published and announced in RFI, the state-owned international radio broadcaster of France. The following image was captured from the website which shows an aerial view of Tsubassa Bridge from above.
RFI News Report | Archived Link
Similarly, according to the local news media, Post Khmer, it also published about this inauguration of Japan-funded bridge across Mekong River in April, 2015. Tsubassa Bridge, also known as Neak Loeung Bridge, links Kandal Province with the town of Neak Loeung, Prey Veng Province in Cambodia, on the heavily travelled Highway 1 between Phnom Penh, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Post Khmer Link | Archived Link
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Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia found out that the photo attached with the claim posted by Facebook page above is false. Neak Loeung Bridge began construction on February 12, 2011 and officially opened to traffic on 06 April, 2015 which held the position of Cambodia’s longest bridge for only 7 years so far.
Title:Neak Loeung Bridge Holds the Position of Cambodia’s Longest Bridge for 7 years
Fact Check By: Kakada SimResult: Misleading
