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Preah Sihanouk governor Kuoch Chamroeun on June 23 instructed the provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology to perform regular maintenance of Sihanoukville’s canal system to prevent flooding in the rainy season.

A total of 163 illegal gaming machines of different kinds were burned by Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities on June 20.

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has conveyed his thanks to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and National Defence Minister Tea Banh for his cooperation in suppressing transnational call-centre scam gangs, Defence Ministry spokesman Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich said on Wednesday.

Preah Sihanouk provincial police on June 20 continued to investigate a Cambodian man arrested on June 19 for allegedly shooting an officer in the leg on June 16.

Twenty-one Thais working for romance and investment scam gangs in Cambodia have been arrested and were expected to be returned to Thailand next week.

A total of 163 illegal gaming machines of different kinds were burned by Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities on June 20. The machines were seized in 10 locations across Sihanoukville from January to June. Provincial police chief Major General Chuon Narin told The Post that police had worked with the provincial court’s deputy prosecutor Penh Piseth to carry out the operation.

A former cowherd from Kampong Chhnang province attracted public attention recently when he posted several pictures of himself with US President Joe Biden and his grandmother at his recent graduation ceremony from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

Cambodia has spent over $3 billion spent in two years to combat Covid-19 Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Over $3 billion has been spent by Cambodia to address the social and economic impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, in a bid to maintain stable socio-economic activity in the last two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

The Supreme Court on June 15 heard the appeal of a former Koh Rong commune council member in Preah Sihanouk province who was sentenced to seven years in prison for “fraudulently” signing over 525ha of state land between 2016-19.