Cambodia says only two pilots were in missing helicopter and rejects false reports that seven people were on board

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PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times): General Tea Seiha, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia, has stated that only 2 people were on a helicopter that has gone missing in the Cardamom Mountains and requested the public and some media outlets to stop spreading false information about the incident.

General Tea confirmed that there were two people – not seven as has been falsely claimed – on board the Z-9 helicopter that was reported missing from the radar in the Cardamom Mountains between the border of Pursat and Koh Kong provinces on the morning of July 12, 2024.