National Police Chief Neth Savoeun has ordered all police forces to tighten up security this year, as Cambodia is scheduled to hold many important events including the ASEAN summit and the commune council elections, as well as annual events such as next week’s Khmer New Year.
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National Military Police commander General Sao Sokha has a sample collected for coronavirus testing after more than 80 intervention officers from the National Police tested positive recently. TVK
Military Police ordered to undergo Covid tests
Mon, 10 May 2021
Military Police officers and their commanders throughout the country are now required to have their samples collected for Covid-19 testing out of fears that they may have contracted the virus while on duty during the lockdown, especially in the red zones.
The order came after more than 80 intervention officers from the National Police tested positive recently.
As of May 10, more than 100 officers and commanders have had their samples taken at the National Military Police Headquarters in Phnom Penh.
Reuters
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Friday sealed off the capital Phnom Penh and nearby Takhmao city in Kandal province after residents mostly ignored his recent lockdown order in the two cities.
Hun Sen on Wednesday ordered a lockdown to go into effect Thursday. But in a statement Friday, he said people continued to travel outside their homes in disregard of public health.
The two cities, home to about 2.3 million people, are now isolated from the rest of the country for a 14-day period that started Friday.
“I urged Phnom Penh and Kandal authorities to strictly implement the lockdown. Please declare those areas as lockdown areas. We must implement the law without exception,” Hun Sen said, warning that the lockdown and isolation could even last 28 days or more.