SoH Expert Voice: Dr. Karin Oen discusses the issue of returning stolen artefacts to the rightful owners.

Returning stolen or lost items back to their rightful owners is naturally the right thing to do. But what happens if the receiver does not have the capacity to accept the objects? That’s the issue Cambodia’s national museum is facing as the country’s stolen statues are coming home to an overflowing museum.

Dr. Karin Oen, Director, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and Head of Art History, School of Humanities, discusses the issue and implications of repatriation on Daily Cut, a podcast of Channel News Asia.

Listen here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/daily-cuts/returning-lost-artifacts-boon-or-bane-4971476