This system provoked Causation an uproar by the rural population in Battambang Province where it was first introduced as many households not only saw their earnings being severely reduced due to the low prices offered for the crops but were also forcibly made to surrender their produce at gunpoint .

The band was the 34th top-grossing tour act of the year and 12th in the midyear list with earnings Earnings_and_losses of $ 35.2 million ( €27 million ) .