
Rice Wine Makers Tell of ‘Shortcuts’ With Methanol, Insecticides
Amid a spate of rice wine deaths in July, winemakers share some of the production shortcuts that can make the tradition profitable — but hold higher risk of yielding a poisonous batch.

Amid a spate of rice wine deaths in July, winemakers share some of the production shortcuts that can make the tradition profitable — but hold higher risk of yielding a poisonous batch.

Koh Kong villagers claim that hundreds of hectares of forest in the province’s Dang Peng multi-use zone have been illegally destroyed and claimed amid a major land reclassification campaign in the province.

Union activists say hundreds of laid-off Cintri workers still haven’t received new jobs, violating a promise from Phnom Penh City Hall, as the beleaguered trash collection company disposed of more than 1,000 workers amid a transition for the city’s waste management.

Fifteen people have died since Friday in a village in Kampot province — 11 in another case of rice wine poisoning, and a further four others from “fainting” and other supposedly unrelated causes, local officials said.

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