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Man faces imprisonment over Kampot tainted wine
Fri, 28 May 2021
The Kampot Provincial Court on May 27 placed a rice wine producer in pre-trial detention after test results from the Ministry of Health revealed that the wine contained high levels of methanol.
Provincial police chief Mao Chan Mathurith told The Post that officers from the criminal bureau had detained Kuy Sok, 48, and Chey Sophal, 34, for questioning about the more than 10 deaths and many who fell ill after drinking wine at a funeral on May 21 in the commune.
The Kampong Trach district administration in Kampot province has decided to temporarily ban the production, import and export, and distribution of rice wine, while two winery owners were arrested on suspicion of making and selling wine containing high levels of a toxic chemical that have killed nine villagers.