At least seven people in Takeo province’s Prey Kabbas district were injured on May 30 when their homes collapsed during a heavy rainstorm, which also ravaged 140 houses. A similar rainstorm also damaged 29 houses in Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisei district on the same day.
The Tbong Khmum Provincial Court has released one of four men arrested for importing live pigs from Vietnam without a permit. The four were busted by officials from the General Directorate of Animal Health and Production – in cooperation with Ponhea Kraek district police – on the night of May 29 after they tried to escape but hit a police car, damaging it.