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Returning migrant workers on the border in Banteay Meanchey province. - The Phnom Penh Post/Asian News Network PHNOM PENH, Jan 10 (Xinhua): Four more Cambodian migrant workers from Thailand confirmed positive for the Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of infected laborers from Thailand to 26 so far, said a Ministry of Health (MoH) statement.
The four, all female in their 20s, returned to Cambodia on Jan. 5 via land borders, the statement said. The results of their samples tests indicated that the four women were positive for the Covid-19, and they are currently undergoing treatment at the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Referral Hospital, MoH s secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said in the statement.
2021-01-09 11:35:59 GMT2021-01-09 19:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) Cambodian anti-drug police have arrested a group of three men for allegedly trafficking more than 2 kilograms of illicit drugs, the National Police reported on Saturday.
The trio, aged 29, 31 and 36, were arrested during raids earlier this week in capital Phnom Penh and Northwestern Banteay Meanchey province, the police said. During the raids, the police had seized a total of 2.1 kilograms of drugs including crystal methamphetamine, ketamine, ecstasy, and nimetazepam, the National Police said on its website.
Cambodia has no death sentence for drug traffickers. Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of drugs could be jailed for life.
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2020-12-29 07:06:10 GMT2020-12-29 15:06:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
A school building constructed by Chinese-run NGO Cambodia International Charity Organization (CICO) is seen at the Treap Primary School in Treap village, Chet Borei district of Kratie province, Cambodia, Dec. 28, 2020. (Kotra/Handout via Xinhua)
by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan
KRATIE, Cambodia, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) In a tiny, remote village, roughly 50 km east of Kratie provincial town, the villagers had never hoped that they would have a nice concrete school building for their children.
But hope had come when Chinese-run NGO Cambodia International Charity Organization (CICO) visited the Treap Primary School in their Treap village in Chet Borei district s Thmey commune and decided to construct a two-classroom concrete building here.