Kampong Chhnang provincial authorities have arrested six rice-wine makers for allegedly lacing their products with a lethal amount of methanol, and closed 346 production sites in the province as more than 12 people have died in the past two weeks.
Rice wine makers in Kampong Chhnang province have been temporarily shut down after eight died and more than 130 were hospitalized. Five of 16 rice wine samples collected from various manufacturers contained 10 to 17 percent methanol, authorities said.
Phnom Penh City Hall has told businesses to stop selling alcoholic beverages, just days before the Khmer New Year and after Cambodia recorded its single highest daily tally of Covid-19 infections on Friday.
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