Multiple injuries as building collapses
Questions are being asked after an unfinished factory collapsed in Kandal province yesterday, injuring 16 construction workers, some seriously. ... Commune chief Nou Len told the Post shoddy workmanship was to blame for the collapse of the half-finished 120 by 70 metre factory on land owned by someone called Yean Chhing. ... Last night police searched for the building’s owner and the site’s foreman, who had either not been at the site yesterday or had fled before officers arrived. ... Chan So Kheng, deputy provincial director of construction, said an inspection of the site showed builders had not met basic construction standards. ...
