Cambodia: Hun Sen says gold reserves are not for Covid-19 fight


Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday rebuffed claims that the government had used the 36.5 tonnes of gold Cambodia has retained as foreign exchange reserves to pay for its ongoing fight against Covid-19. - The Phnom Penh Post/Asian News Network

PHNOM PENH, July 25 (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Prime Minister Hun Sen has rebuffed claims that the government had used the 36.5 tonnes of gold Cambodia has retained as foreign exchange reserves to pay for its ongoing fight against Covid-19.

His statement came in response to a claim by Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, the founder of environmental NGO Mother Nature.

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