Officers hurt as PM’s stage collapses

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Phak Seangly

A violent storm at a sugar plantation in Preah Vihear’s Chheb district on Monday resulted in the injury of eight police and military police officers when the structure they took refuge under collapsed, according to officials yesterday.

District Governor Soksan Dara said a stage and tent set up for yesterday’s inauguration by Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Chinese-owned Rui Feng (Cambodia) International sugar mill collapsed on Monday night due to the storm.

“They were under the camp, so when the storm came, it flattened the stage. The stage just fell onto the eight of them and caused injuries,” he said, adding that the structure was totally destroyed and that the four more seriously injured officers were sent to the Siem Reap Provincial Referral Hospital.

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