Mao Ayuth, veteran Cambodian filmmaker and info ministry secretary of state, dies


Mao Ayuth died while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 on April 15. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Mao Ayuth, a veteran filmmaker turned secretary of state at the Ministry of Information, has passed away while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday (April 15), according to ministry spokesman Phos Sovann. He was 77 years old.

"I'm not sure about the cause of his death. He passed away at nearly 7 o'clock while receiving treatment for Covid-19," Sovann said.

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