Written by DAP NEWS -- Wednesday, 07 October 2009
three drugs trafficking ringleaders and four underlings were remanded in Prey Sar prison on Tuesday.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court Judge charged Sok Roeun, 38, also known as Bun Pao, an ex-officer of Ministry of Interior’s Fighting Drug Trafficking (FDT) Department, with the three crimes of illegal import and export drugs and chemical powders, possession of counterfeit currency, and illegal possession of firearms. The crimes carry a possible life sentence.
Sok Uy (aka Chhay), 38, and Lam Sokha (aka Keo Sun), 53, were accused of the illegal import-export of drugs and chemical powders and possession of counterfeit currency, and four other men Chhin Chanborey, 31, Chhek Daravicheth, 28, Say Sin and Heng Sreng, 64, were also implicated in the case, a court official said. Polices said that others involved, such as Chung Samnang (aka Fok), Taing Namhour (aka Hour) and ‘Tong’, remain at large. All of the accused men were arrested by the Ministry of Interior on October 2, one arrested in Stung Treng province and the other six in Phnom Penh. Around 18 kilograms of narcotics, including about 42 pieces of heroin equal to 16 kg and ICE powders of almost 2 kg, were confiscated by local police.
Chaiy Synarith said that it was “98 percent” sure the criminals had produced the counterfeit currency.
“We cooperated with the FBI to destroy all illegal cases of import-export drugs, counterfeiting and weapon trafficking.”
In Cambodia, a kilo of heroin is worth around US$3,000. Abroad, the same kilo is worth US$30,000. ICE powder fetches around US$ 11,000 in Cambodia, but US$50,000 in the international market.
Photo by: Thor Sina
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 15:03 Thor Sina
The discovery of a “supernatural” crab that purportedly bears the ghostly image of King Norodom Sihamoni on its shell has driven throngs of Cambodians to a tiny farming village in Takeo province. Almost 2,000 visitors have lined up outside 24-year-old Dy Gao’s house in Sdok Prey village ever since she found the crab wriggling in a muddy rice field on Sunday, she said. “I’m a farmer. My living situation is very poor,” she said. “Since I took this crab home, I have felt safe and comfortable. It seems like I live with God.”
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Residents walk past vendors of roasted pork Tuesday in Phnom Penh. The Influenza A(H1N1) virus, better known as swine flu, claimed its second and third victims early this week, as health officials issued warnings for residents to report any suspicious symptoms to the authorities.
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 15:0
Mother in labour is latest victim; doctors monitoring newborn.
TWO more Cambodians have died of the influenza A(H1N1) virus at Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital since the start of the week, according to government health officials.
Minister of Health Mam Bunheng confirmed Wednesday that Duch Sokunthea, 25, died from the virus on Tuesday afternoon, two days after undergoing a caesarian section to complete her seven-month pregnancy.
He said the baby, which remains at the hospital, was under close examination from doctors. “We have now had three cases of fatalities” from the virus, said Mam Bunheng, although he declined to elaborate further.
Sok Touch, director of the Communicable Diseases Control Department at the Ministry of Health, said on Monday afternoon that Chuon Vanthan, a 41-year-old man from Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district, also died from the virus, more commonly known as swine flu.
Sok Touch also declined to reveal additional details about the deaths, saying the ministry and the World Health Organisation would issue a joint press statement shortly.
Photo by: Heng Chivoan.
Chok, 16, mourns the death of his father on Tuesday. Chuon Vanthan, 41, became the second person to die of swine flu in Cambodia on Monday. The death toll has since risen to three.
Cambodia’s first confirmed fatality from swine flu was a 41-year old woman, who succumbed to the disease on September 27 after it was first detected in Cambodia in June. Health officials have warned about the symptoms associated with the disease, advising people to immediately report any suspicious signs to authorities.
Nima Asgari, a public health specialist at the WHO, said that through October 2, some 120 cases of the virus had been identified and confirmed in the Kingdom, but expected the real figure to be greater, since some patients have likely not reported their symptoms. “I don’t think Cambodia at the moment is different from the rest of the world,” he said.
The relatives of the two swine flu victims declined to comment on Tuesday, as funeral ceremonies were held in Kandal province’s Kien Svay district for the man and at Phnom Penh’s Wat Koh for the woman.
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