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Photos and videos of a lion wandering on the streets of Cambodia have gone crazy viral on the Internet. The lion was out on the streets “apparently unsupervised”.

Photos and videos of a lion roaming on the streets of Cambodia have gone crazy viral on social media. The lion was out on the streets “apparently unsupervised”. A thread of tweets, along with the pictures of the lion, was shared by Journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall. A lion being kept as a pet in a house in Phnom Penh by wealthy Chinese businessman Qi Xiao has been wandering in the street outside, apparently unsupervised. How long will this madness and cruelty be allowed to continue? 1/4 pic.twitter.com/8MXiFPObMN Here's video of the lion roaming around https://t.co/kzgImPfQn6The lion was seized from the house a couple of months ago by wildlife authorities, but this led to an outcry among the rich kids of Cambodia who think wealthy people should be able to do whatever they link. 2/4 Eventually dictator Hun Sen personally intervened to allow the lion to be returned to its owner as long as it was kept in a secure cage. Instead, it's wandering about outside in the upscale neighbourhood of BKK1. 3/4 The lion has been cruelly defanged and had its claws removed, but it is still a threat. Living in these conditions is also terrible for the welfare of the lion. Let's see if the residents of BKK1 still think Qi Xiao should be allowed to keep his lion. 1/4 Marshall reminds users in subsequent tweets that it is the same lion that was confiscated by Cambodian authorities after TikTok videos of the animal at a villa in the capital Phnom Penh, went crazy viral. The 70kg lion was seized on June 27 and was moved to a rescue centre. However, the lion was ordered to be returned to its owner, a Chinese national named Qi Xiao, by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen after his repeated pleas.