Cash-Strapped Citizens Unfazed by Covid Threat
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R 3481 E MB U N SSUE I THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL FIRST INDO ASEAN INSTITUTE APPROVES MEMBER STATES OCeaNIC BUSINESS WASTE-TO-ENERGY RATIFY UN CHILD EXPO HELD ONLINE PROJECT PROPOSAL LABOUR ACCORD NATIONAL – page 3 BUSINESS – page 6 WORLD – pAGE 10 Body of Cash-strapped citizens woman killed in unfazed by Covid threat Bangkok Orm Bunthoeurn feeling a false sense of security because er outside with many others who also “I think our people love money more returns the most recent Covid-19 cases reported aren’t wearing masks. than health. They may think that the INISTRY of Health spokes- in Cambodia have all been imported. “Therefore, the possibility of Covid-19 alcohol, which cost 10,000 riel ($2.50) Khouth Sophak Chakrya woman Or Vandine has She said such a lax attitude dimin- spreading still exists, and this transmis- per bottle is expensive, that’s why they warned all people living ishes the common knowledge that sion can happen at anytime and any- don’t buy it,” Sreynouch said. THE Cambodian embassy in in Cambodia to continue Covid-19 can spread uncontrollably where, especially when people are mov- Chhum Borin, a mask seller in Thailand is working to repatri- Mwearing masks and applying hand sani- and without notice from community to ing from one place to another,” she said. Meanchey district’s Chak Angre Leu ate the body of a casino dealer tiser to prevent the spread of Covid-19. community if proper prevention meth- Song Sreynouch, a vendor who commune, said some people don’t who was shot dead in Bangkok She said she noticed that many in ods aren’t practised. People who don’t stocks alcohol and hand sanitiser gel want to spend money on masks be- on Monday night. the Kingdom are not paying much protect themselves are running the risk in Meanchey district’s Boeung Tom- cause they’re struggling to keep their Ministry of Foreign Affairs and attention to the virus, despite its of infecting communities, she stressed. pun commune in Phnom Penh, said heads financially above water. International Cooperation potential to dangerously spread like “We observe that some of our sales are down and much lower than “Let’s think. One mask costs 1,000 riel spokesman Kuy Kuong told The wildfire in communities. people do not wear masks to protect when the pandemic was first report- Post on Wednesday that officials Vandine noted that many people are themselves when they go out or gath- ed in the Kingdom. CONTINUED – page 3 are preparing paperwork to trans- port the woman’s body home. “Our embassy officials are trying to coordinate the docu- ments and bring the body back Two huge to Cambodia for the funeral,” Kuong said. He said the woman’s body blasts kill was scheduled to be transport- ed to the Poipet border check- point in Banteay Meanchey over 100 province on Wednesday night. The Bangkok Post reported the shooting left four people dead, in Beirut including a police officer, another man and two women who were TWO enormous explosions dev- working in a secret gambling astated Beirut’s port on Tuesday, house in a commercial building. leaving more than 100 people “The shooting happened dead and thousands injured, after a Chinese man pulled a shaking distant buildings and gun and shouted for his money spreading panic and chaos back, claiming he had been across the Lebanese capital. cheated,” it reported. The second blast sent an The paper said more than 60 enormous orange fireball into gamblers and staff were held the sky, immediately followed for questioning after the police by a tornado-like shockwave surrounded the building in that flattened the port and search for the gunman, who swept the city, shattering win- fled the scene. dows kilometres away. The victim’s husband, Saing Prime Minister Hassan Diab Seiha, 34, a resident of Poipet said that 2,750 tonnes of the town’s Poipet commune, told agricultural fertiliser ammo- The Post on Wednesday that his nium nitrate that had been 29-year-old wife Mao Srey Pov stored for years in a portside was a former card dealer at a five- warehouse had blown up, star casino in Poipet town. But sparking “a disaster in every after being suspended due to sense of the word”. Covid-19, she and her colleagues Bloodied, dazed and wounded went to Bangkok to work. people stumbled among the “On the night of the incident, debris, glass shards and burning my wife called me, saying she buildings in central Beirut as the would ask for a few leave to Ministry of Public Health report- visit home,” he said. ed more than 100 dead and But about 30 minutes after the A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday. The two enormous explosions shook call, he received news that his CONTINUED – page 10 distant buildings and spread panic and chaos across the Lebanese capital. AFP wife had died in a shooting. THE PHNOM PENH POST Cambodia, Malaysia set National News to promote military ties Inside page 4 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 6, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Authorities up efforts on cross-border drug traffic Kim Sarom cooperation with China’s customs unit through the UN Office on Drugs ANTI-DRUG forces in the capital’s and Crime (UNODC) in Thailand. Kambol, Chroy Changva and Dang- According to records dated July kor districts seized more than three 19, the Central Security Department tonnes of methamphetamine and launched an operation in collabora- chemicals in July and arrested a Chi- tion with the intervention unit of the nese man and another unidentified National Police and the Phnom Penh foreigner holding no passport. Municipal Police with the coordina- The suspects were detained and tion of Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged with cross-border drug traf- deputy prosecutor Say Nora. ficking, a crime that is increasingly In that operation, police forces from on the radar of law enforcement in different departments detained a for- Cambodia. eigner at Chroy Changvar district with The focus on international cross- 198 packages (185kg) of methamphet- border drug crimes is in collabo- amine hidden in a wooden box. ration with the Central Security Then, police arrested a Chinese Department of the Ministry of In- man in Chroy Changvar district and terior, the General Secretariat of the confiscated 8.45kg of methamphet- National Authority for Combating amine along with 20.16kg of drug- Drugs (NACD) and the Anti-Drug processing chemicals and some department, according to NACD processing equipment in the sus- spokesman Meas Virith. pect’s condominium. “Police continue to investigate be- The record also showed that po- cause it’s organised crime groups,” lice arrested another Chinese man Virith said on Wednesday. in Kamboul district and confiscated Anti-Drug Department deputy di- 11 types of chemicals weighing a to- rector In Song said on Wednesday tal of 3,146 kg. the Phnom Penh Municipal Court They then searched a separate charged the two suspects and sent storage location in Dangkor district to prison last week. The drugs seized and confiscated two pill-making from the suspects amounted to machines and 14 sets of drug tablet An official takes passengers’ temperature at Phnom Penh International Airport in June. HENG CHIVOAN nearly 200kg of methamphetamine. templates. The suspects intended Ministry of Interior Central Secu- to smuggle the drugs to Taiwan, ac- rity Department director Dy Vichea cording to the police report. was not available to comment. Song said anti-drug police are con- However, police records show that tinuing to investigate cross-border Gov’t exempts visa A and its officers have been investigating drug trafficking cases after a series more large-scale cross-border drug of arrests on July 19 in Phnom Penh trafficking cases. involving two foreign suspects. B holders from Covid fees Cambodian police have requested Khorn Savi Foreign passengers entering Cam- sengers to deposit $2,000 – a drop bodia have to pay $105 for a first from $3,000. The deposit covers the IRLINE passengers who Covid-19 test and transport service costs of accommodation while wait- are diplomats and officials from the airport to hotel. ing for testing, transport fees from of international organisa- Bun Heng said exempted passen- the airport to hotel and expenses tions holding Type A and B gers who test positive for Covid-19 during the quarantine. Avisas for travel to Cambodia are ex- will be referred to the Royal Phnom The Ministry of Health on Wednes- empted from paying Covid-19 test- Penh Hospital or others for treat- day also reported that two Covid-19 ing fees, said the Ministry of Health ment as decided by the ministry. patients had recovered. in its latest adjustment of rules on Treatment costs will be paid by Two confirmed cases were found on Wednesday. the individual, embassies or inter- Tuesday. One was a Cambodian man Health Minister Mam Bun Heng national organisations. who travelled from Pakistan and con- said the exemption is based on hu- On July 4, the ministry revised tinued on a flight from Malaysia. The manitarian principles, enhancing measures for foreign passengers other was a Kazakhstani woman who good cooperation and relations with who are investors, businesspeople, travelled to Cambodia via South Korea. friendly countries and objective fac- company staff, experts, skilled work- This brings Cambodia’s total Covid- tors, including the small number ers, technicians and families. 19 cases to 243, of which 41 are being travellers who hold such visas.