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The cremation site at the Chrey Bak pagoda in Chrey Bak commune’s Chrey Bak village in Rolea B ier district. FACEBOOK
Kampong Chhnang villagers fear catching Covid if cremation allowed
Tue, 4 May 2021
About 20 villagers living near a pagoda Kampong Chhnang province on May 3 protested the cremation of a deceased Covid-19 patient.
The protesters believed cremating the corpse at the Chrey Bak pagoda in Chrey Bak commune’s Chrey Bak village in Rolea B ier district would put them at risk of contracting the virus.
District governor Yong Sao Vuthy told The Post that the deceased, a 58-year-old resident of Ronuk village in Kampong Leng district’s Tgngel commune, died while undergoing treatment at the provincial referral hospital.