Cambodia renews call for people not to eat pufferfish after two deaths

Two men died and three others were sent to hospital after they ingested poisonous pufferfish in Kampong Speu province. - Police

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's Health Ministry on Tuesday (July 9) renewed a call for people not to eat pufferfish after two persons had died.

"One man in Oddar Meanchey province died on July 7 and another man in Kampong Chhnang province died on July 8 after they had consumed pufferfish," the ministry said in a statement.