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The cremation site at the Chrey Bak pagoda in Chrey Bak commune’s Chrey Bak village in Rolea B'ier district. FACEBOOK
Kampong Chhnang villagers fear catching Covid if cremation allowed
Tue, 4 May 2021
About 20 villagers living near a pagoda Kampong Chhnang province on May 3 protested the cremation of a deceased Covid-19 patient.
The protesters believed cremating the corpse at the Chrey Bak pagoda in Chrey Bak commune’s Chrey Bak village in Rolea B'ier district would put them at risk of contracting the virus.
District governor Yong Sao Vuthy told The Post that the deceased, a 58-year-old resident of Ronuk village in Kampong Leng district’s Tgngel commune, died while undergoing treatment at the provincial referral hospital.