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A village ripped apart by a bad batch of rice wine

A village ripped apart by a bad batch of rice wine © BBC Hun Pheap lost her husband after he drank a toxic alcoholic homebrew In rural Cambodia, dozens have people have died in recent months after drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol. In the village of Thnong in Kampot province, a bad batch consumed at a funeral left tragedy in its wake. Prom Vannak, 50, would rarely go a day without at least a few glasses of rice wine, especially after a serious motorcycle accident that left him unable to work as a fisherman. So when his uncle Muth - who was also a big drinker - passed away in May, there was no doubt that the funeral would be spent drinking and reminiscing with friends and family in the village.

A Cambodian village ripped apart by a bad batch of rice wine

BBC News By Mech Dara & George Wright BBC News image captionHun Pheap lost her husband after he drank a toxic alcoholic homebrew In rural Cambodia, dozens of people have died in recent months after drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol. In the village of Thnong in Kampot province, a bad batch consumed at a funeral left tragedy in its wake. Prom Vannak, 50, would rarely go a day without at least a few glasses of rice wine, especially after a serious motorcycle accident that left him unable to work as a fisherman. So when his uncle Muth - who was also a big drinker - passed away in May, there was no doubt that the funeral would be spent drinking and reminiscing with friends and family in the village.

Cambodian villagers killed by toxic rice wine at funeral

Cambodian villagers killed by toxic rice wine at funeral MalaysiaNow 15 hrs ago © Provided by MalaysiaNow In rural Cambodia, dozens of people have died in recent months after drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol. In the village of Thnong in Kampot province, a bad batch consumed at a funeral left tragedy in its wake when eight people died and more than 50 others were hospitalised. The mass poisoning was one of three cases in Cambodia in less than a month, resulting in at least 30 deaths. Thirteen people died in Pursat province at the start of June, and at least 12 people lost their lives in Kandal in May.

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