Four people were killed and five others injured as a crowd scrambled for food and cash handouts from one of Cambodia’s richest men as a Chinese Lunar New Year gift.
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The victims were crushed as the crowd of hundreds surged forward when the gates to Sok Kong’s walled compound inopened to start the distribution of $10 in cash and two kilograms of rice, police spokesperson Sam Vichhika said. The victims, who all fainted in the crush and fell to the ground, were taken to hospital but two women and two men, aged between 37 and 71, could not be saved, he said. It was not immediately clear whether they were killed in the initial crush of the crowd or from injuries they sustained once on the ground.Sok Kong has multiple investments, including in the hotel, casino and oil industries, and is also known to have a close personal relationship with former longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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