Distilling a new direction for Cambodian rice wine
Rice wine seems to have been left behind as drinkers have begun to favour beer.
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Suspect wanted for hacking off friend’s arm
Police are looking for a jobless man who hacked off a construction worker’s arm.
Kratie again hit by fatal poisonings
Sambo district, Kratie province – Authorities here have banned villagers from making and selling rice wine after five people died and many others were hospitalised due to methanol poisoning.
Bad booze kills 3, hospitalizes 41
A number of villagers apparently consumed tainted rice wine at Damray village, Boeng Cha commune, in Sambo district of Kratie province.
Methanol-laced rice wine blamed in Kratie poisonings
Health Ministry’s investigation into poisonings in Kratie reveals it came from rice wine.
Kratie rice wine again blamed for fatal poisonings
Authorities in Kratie have temporarily closed three rice wine production facilities.
Villagers doubt changing causes of poisoning deaths
Hundreds of villagers in Kratie province were hospitalised and 13 died from poisoning first blamed on contaminated water and then methanol-laced rice wine; villagers here have another theory: chemicals from gold mining run-off.
About 50 more villagers poisoned
Chetr Borei district, Kratie province – More than 50 villagers were sent for medical treatment here on Tuesday night in a mysterious, ongoing poisoning case supposedly caused by both methanol-laced rice wine and contaminated water.
More than 100 villagers return home after methanol poisoning
Half of the villagers who fell ill after drinking contaminated water have returned home.
Methanol-laced rice wine, tainted water blamed for 14 deaths in Kratie province
14 villagers die in Chetr Borei from tainted water and methanol-laced rice wine.
Farmer arrested after threatening to kill wife
A farmer is arrested in Koh Nhek after firing bullets above his wife to have sex with him.
Health Ministry highlights rice wine dangers
Ministry of Health produces a short video warning of consuming rice wine.
Husband sets family aflame in jealous rage
A 47-year-old man is charged over a deadly attack on his family.
Herb seller charged over man’s death
A herbal supplement seller is charged over the accidental death of a man who mixed the supplements with rice wine.
Man slashes wife’s throat
A 46-year-old man is arrested for killing his 43-year-old wife by slashing her throat with a long knife in Oddar Meanchey.
Man dies from drinking rice wine
At least one man died and another was sent to hospital after they drank rice wine and ate dog meat on Wednesday evening.
Ministry issues rice wine warning
Health Ministry asks people to be careful when purchasing rice wine for Chinese New Year to avoid negative health effects.
Drunken farmer held for setting wife on fire
A 52-year-old man is arrested after pouring a bottle of petrol on his wife and setting her alight.
16 villagers suffer food poisoning
The Ministry of Industry and Handicraft is investigating the production of rice wine in Mondolkiri after 16 people became ill.
