via Khmer Times, 14 October 2021: Sounds like a blanket ban, but the details of the directive are not discussed in the article.
The government has issued a directive to prevent all demolition and change of historic, ancient, and heritage buildings in a move to conserve them.
The directive came as a slew of heritage buildings have been reportedly repaired or demolished to make way for new development.
In a directive issued on Oct 12, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that all the demolition of heritage buildings within and outside the conservation area must be stopped and that conservation and development of heritage city are made sustainably.
Source: Government bans all changes and demolition of heritage buildings in the heritage city – Khmer Times
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