Kep death toll reaches 36, governor to keep position
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday said no official would be dismissed for the six-storey building collapse that killed 36 people and injured 23 others in Kep province on Friday. Hun Sen made the remarks as he wrapped up a rescue operation that took 43 hours and 20 minutes and ended on Sunday noon. Addressing reporters at the scene, the prime minister said a total of 59 people were uncovered from the debris, 22 of them women. Among the 23 survivors were a child and eight women. The dead included 14 women and five children, he said. …
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