PHNOM PENH, Nov 29 (Xinhua): One villager died and 33 others had been hospitalized in central Cambodia's Kampong Chhnang province on Saturday (Nov 27) after drinking locally-made rice wine, which was suspicious of containing high levels of methanol, Health Ministry's spokeswoman Or Vandine said.
The incident happened in a rural village in Teuk Pos district when the victims drank the tainted wine during the funeral of a villager who had died of drinking pond water contaminating with pesticide residues, she said.
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