Death toll from suspected tainted wine in Cambodia rises to six, 32 hospitalised

Six local people had died and 32 others hospitalised in northwest Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province after drinking suspected tainted wine, a provincial health chief said on Saturday (June 13). Banteay Meanchey authorities have ordered markets to stop selling the Tang Kuoy-brand rice wine. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua/ANN): Six local people had died and 32 others hospitalised in northwest Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province after drinking suspected tainted wine, a provincial health chief said on Saturday (June 13).

"As of Friday morning, six people had been pronounced dead and 32 others were hospitalized after they consumed suspected tainted herbal wine," Le Chansangvath, director of Banteay Meanchey Provincial Health Department, told Xinhua.