Cambodia to deport foreigners for Covid-19 quarantine rules violation; 25 cases reported at new cluster

Chaktomuk ferry dock staff check boarding passengers’ temperatures before embarking to Kandal province’s Arey Ksat village. - The Phnom Pemh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Feb 23 (Xinhua): Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has approved the deportation of any foreigners who violate the Covid-19 quarantine rules, escape treatment and refuse cooperation with authorities.

"For foreigners, they will be deported from Cambodia and banned from re-entering the country," said a letter signed by Hun Sen on Monday. "For Cambodians, they will face the country's law."