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The drug control committees from the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk, Kampot and Kep on August 3 held a combined drug burning ceremony of more than 468kg narcotics. On the same day, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sent a man to prison for trafficking over 4kg of drugs.
Lim Tong Huot – director of the Legislation, Education and Rehabilitation Department under the National Committee for Combating Drugs (NACD) – told The Post on August 3 that the drugs seized during raids in 2020 were set ablaze by the committees.
He added that the original plan was to hold the occasion on International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, but the committees were occupied with preventing the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen addresses the public from his residence after an emergency meeting on February 20. SPM
PM confirms third Covid-19 community transmission
Sat, 20 February 2021
Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 20 announced the Kingdom s third outbreak of Covid-19 community transmission after 32 people tested positive in just over 10 hours.
Addressing the public from his residence after an emergency meeting, Hun Sen said: I dub it February 20 Community Event, in which 32 cases the largest number ever recorded in a single incident were confirmed in just over 10 hours. This is an unprecedented outbreak of community transmission in our country.
According to the prime minister, the latest cluster was traced back to a nightclub known as N8 located in Tuol Svay Prey II commune in the capital s Boeung Keng Kang district.