Three arrested for sale of ‘fake’ honey in Mondulkiri

Three men who allegedly disguised themselves as vendors from the Phnong ethnic group in order to dupe customers into buying counterfeit honey were charged at the Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Sunday.

Chin Kong, 33, Vath Dany, 26, and Chhath Vichhay, 24, were charged with fraud under articles 377 and 378 of the Penal Code, according to Lieutenant Colonel Meas Samuth, a deputy chief of Mondulkiri provincial police.

Samuth added that the trio – who were all from Prey Khla commune, in Prey Veng town’s Svay Antor district, and have now been sent to the provincial prison – were likely to face significant jail terms.

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