Payout for swept-away workers
The company constructing a dam in Koh Kong province, where seven workers were swept away in floodwaters earlier this month, has paid US$1,000 to the families of each of the men for funeral expenses, but is denying responsibility for the incident, an official said yesterday. Sok Nhor, chief of the penal crime department of Koh Kong provincial police, said China National Heavy Machinery on Monday night paid $1,000 to the families of each of the seven men employed at its Stung Tatay hydropower project who were swept away in floodwaters on September 10…
