A doctor inspecting a patient hospitalised for suspected rice wine poisoning in Svay Tong Khang Tbong commune of Kampot province’s Kampong Trach district. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN
PHNOM PENH, July 4, 2021 (AFP): Eleven Cambodian villagers died after drinking rice wine suspected to be toxic during a funeral, a police officer said Sunday, adding to the kingdom's growing recent death toll from unsafe homemade alcohol.
In the past two months, more than 30 people have died in three separate incidents across Cambodia from home-brewed rice wine containing methanol -- a highly toxic liquid that can cause blindness if ingested.
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