R 3382 E MB U N SSUE I FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL Infections spread in Kingdom NIEM CHHENG ed the virus from their husbands who In Phnom Penh, a 34-year-old man Meanwhile, effective from 12am Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Inter- attended the gathering. They are be- from Kampot province who volun- on Friday, Cambodia will temporally national Cooperation sent a letter to HE Ministry of Health on ing treated at the provincial hospital. teered to do religious work at a mosque close the border with Vietnam to stop the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Thursday confirmed 10 more The 35-year-old has four daugh- in the capital’s Chhbar Ampov I com- the movement of people in light of Penh to inform it of the decision. cases of coronavirus infec- ters while the other woman has two mune tested positive. He too had re- the rapid growth of Covid-19 infec- On Wednesday, Vietnam suspend- tions bringing the latest tally daughters and a son. The ministry has cently returned from the gathering tions in Cambodia and the region. ed the issuance of visas to all for- toT 47. Almost all are confirmed to be sent the children’s samples, and that of and is being treated at the Chak Angre Prime Minister Hun Sen said on eigners for the next 30 days. Those connected to a Muslim religious the 45-year-old woman’s mother-in- Krom hospital in Phnom Penh. Thursday that the travel ban also who enter the country must now be gathering in Malaysia which has law with whom she lives, for testing. In Kampong Cham province, six Ma- followed a recent decision by Viet- put in quarantine. It said those from become the epicentre for infections In Kandal province, a 60-year-old laysians aged 26 to 62 also contracted nam to ban the movement of people the US, EU and Asean countries will in that country. man tested positive and is being the virus. All of them are preaching across its shared border with Cam- be quarantined in places reserved Two of the 10 are women aged 35 treated at the provincial hospital. He Islam in the province’s Kangmeas dis- bodia for the same reasons. specifically for this purpose. and 45 from Ratanak commune in was among the 79 people previously trict. However, the ministry did not The Cambodian decision was an- The same day, Hun Sen said the day Battambang provincial town. The reported to have returned from the say if they too had attended the Mus- nounced by Hun Sen in a Facebook ministry said both victims contract- same gathering in Malaysia. lim gathering in Malaysia. post on Wednesday. On Thursday, the CONTINUED – page 3 China: Wrong to have rapped Wuhan doctor POLICE in China’s virus-hit dead because he was “very Wuhan City acted “inappro- young”, CCTV said. priately” by punishing a State media said Li’s col- doctor who blew the whistle leagues told investigators, on the novel coronavirus “as long as there was a bit of outbreak that has now killed hope we were unwilling to nearly 9,000 worldwide, a give up, at the time there Chinese government probe were no other factors”. found on Thursday. The central government Li Wenliang, one of a investigators suggested that group of doctors in Wuhan Wuhan authorities “super- who shared posts on social vise and rectify the matter”, media warning of a Sars- and urged local police to like virus spreading in the revoke the disciplinary state- city in December, was rep- ment issued to Li, according rimanded by police for to CCTV. sharing the information Wuhan police later issued and made to sign a state- a statement saying that giv- ment agreeing not to com- ing Li a disciplinary state- mit any more “law-break- ment had been “wrong” ing actions”. and they “apologise to his Li’s death from the virus family for the mistake”. in February prompted a The deputy director of national outpouring of grief the Zhongnan Road police Shuttered as well as anger at the gov- station was given a “demer- The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said on Thursday that 10 major museums have been instructed to close temporarily in line with the government’s efforts to reduce areas with large concentrations of people to contain Covid-19. HONG MENEA STORY > 3 ernment’s handling of the it” on his record and the crisis, and bold demands officer on duty was handed for freedom of speech. an “administrative warn- A central government ing”, it added. investigation initiated after Li’s death had been Li’s death found that Wuhan reported by state media. Man sent to court for trying to kill ex police “acted inappropri- The Wuhan Central Hospi- ately by issuing a discipli- tal confirmed Li’s death Khouth Sophak Chakrya chief Sam Tola told The Post on The victim, who was alone in pect was then able to get hold nary letter” and took “irreg- hours later, after saying he Thursday that Chork Poeurn, the house, refused to open the of her and started pulling her ular law enforcement was undergoing emergency THE Kandal Provincial Court 36, from Kampong Svay com- door. Using a machete that he towards the house. procedures,” state broad- treatment. on Wednesday sent a man to mune, was arrested on March carried with him at all times, As she was being dragged to caster CCTV reported on China reported zero the provincial prison for 15 in his rented room in Kam- the suspect broke the door the house against her will, the Thursday. domestic Covid-19 infections attempting to kill his former pong Samnah commune. down and entered the house. woman saw some police offic- The investigators also for the first time on Thursday, girlfriend last month. He had According to the victim, on the Gripped by fear, the woman ers standing outside and found that Li’s colleagues even as nations across the allegedly committed the crime day of the incident, the suspect ran out of the house through screamed for help. The sus- had repeatedly attempted world have shut down in a on February 9, but was at large went to her house at midnight the back door but tripped and pect then raised his machete to resuscitate the 34-year- desperate effort to contain until recently. and begged her to open the door fell to the ground after running old before he was declared the pandemic. AFP Kandal deputy military police and let him stay overnight. for about 200 metres. The sus- CONTINUED – page 2 Don’t miss our The Kingdom’s rice Special Report bowl stays at half full Inside page 8-9 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST march 20, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Sellers of fake anti-virus kits to be prosecuted Voun Dara They said some sellers have imported and sold lots of fake THE Ministry of Health and products without logos and the Ministry of Commerce’s without knowing their origi- Cambodia Import-Export In- nal source. spection and Fraud Repression Most of the alcohol prod- Directorate-General (Camcon- ucts that are being traded in trol) announced they would the marketplace do not con- take legal action against sell- tain proper ingredients. The ers and pharmacists who sold mixtures in some cases are products such as hand sanitis- watered down or excessively ers containing “fake alcohol”. mixed, weakening the product In a joint statement, they said or even rendering it useless when such products are sold, against the disease, they said. the public is cheated of their The statement said the Min- ability to protect themselves in istry of Health has instructed light of the growing Covid-19 pharmacists to check their threat in the Kingdom. products and manage their They said some pharmacies businesses professionally and in the Kingdom were selling appropriately. such products without know- “They have to follow the Theng Panha Thon said the government prepared beforehand a portion of the budget to be used in the event of a rise in the number of coronavirus ing the source or quality of law. All pharmacists must buy cases in the Kingdom. HENG CHIVOAN the products. alcohol from reliable sources, The appropriate alcohol with invoices included. This content in products that kill will make it easier for ministry the virus while being applied, to investigate if the products they said, was essential to stop are mixed properly, diluted National development plan the spread of the disease. or contain fake alcohol and Not ensuring such stan- where they are coming from. dards are met in the products “If the ministry finds that or passing off fake products owners of pharmacies do not hampered by coronavirus as genuine would be pun- put this into practice, we will ished, they said. take strict legal action,” it said. Long Kimmarita “The government prepared for moving to phase two. around 150 officials to revise “Alcoholic mixtures used for Camcontrol urged citizens beforehand a portion of the The ministry’s National Sta- the statistics and register rel- killing the virus must contain not to buy products without GOVERNMENT budget to be used in the event tistics Institute director, Hang evant code numbers, and an- ethanol and water. They must a logo, and check where pos- delegate in charge of a rise in the number of coro- Lina, said the Covid-19 prob- other 150 officials will transfer also state the correct amount sible that the products were of the Directorate navirus cases in the Kingdom.