Three Cambodian workers killed in Songkhla factory accident

SONGKHLA, Sept 8 (MCOT online news) - Three Cambodian industrial workers were killed this morning by flying machine parts in a latex processing factory.

The victims, two men and one woman, were migrant workers with legal work permits, identified as Zat In, 21, Chanhuan Seng, 26, and Sarit Sen, 26.

Ten workers were working when the incident occurred, according to the initial police investigation.

The process required removing parts of the machine for cleaning every two hours. The workers were hit when loose-fitting parts returned to the processing equipment flow off at high-speed, killing the three victims.

The factory owner pledged to take responsibility and compensate the victims' families, including costs for the transfer of their bodies to their homes in Cambodia.

Three Cambodian labourers killed in Thai rubber factory accident

Sep 8, 2011
DPA

Bangkok - A machinery mishap in a rubber factory in southern Thailand on Thursday killed three Cambodian labourers, including one woman, Thai media reports said.

The spinning rotor in a rubber mixing machine at the Chalong Usahakham Company in Channa district, Songkhla provicne, 760 kilometres south of Bangkok, broke lose from its base and mangled three labourers to death, Radio Thailand reported.

The three Cambodians, identified as males Sae Binh, 21, Jaa Sepeng, 26, and female Salee Sepeng, 26, were all registered as legal labourers.

There are more than two million registered foreign labourers in Thailand, most of them from neighbouring countries - Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

Thai police attributed the accident to 'carelessness' on the part of the labourers, claiming the machine - used to mix natural rubber with chemicals to produce rubber sheets - required frequent cleaning to avoid accidents.

Thailand is the world's leading exporter of rubber products.

Road accidents claim over 940 lives in Cambodia in past 6 months

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PHNOM PENH, July 14 -- A total of 941 people were killed and 4,331 others were injured in road accidents in Cambodia in the first half of this year, Preap Chan Vibol, director of the Overland Transport Department of the Ministry of Public Work and Transport, said on Thursday.

The figure showed that the death toll increased by one percent from 931 deaths in the first six months of last year, while the number of the injured people declined 20 percent from 5,418 injuries in the same period of last year.

He added that road accidents occurred due to increasing number of vehicles, good roads, over-speeding, violation of traffic law and alcohol driving.

Stampede in Koh Pich: At least 100 dead, several hundreds injured

22 Nov. 2010
By Sopisith
Cambodia Express News
Translated from Khmer by Soy

Phnom Penh – The stampede near the exit from Koh Pich area created at least 100 dead and several hundreds injured. This is the count made in the evening of 22 Nov. The event took place at 09:50PM near the north bridge exiting from Koh Pich.

No source could indicate the reason for this stampede, however a reliable source indicated that revelers came out in drove from Koh Pich, creating a major jam, then some people could not breathe and this started the stampede. Some decided to jump off the bridge to allow themselves to breathe easier.

Another source indicated that the jam initiated an electrical short circuit, then some people got electrocuted and the stampede took place.

At Calmette Hospital, several dozens injured people were brought in, and at least 17 were dead as of 11PM on 22 Nov. This is only the reported number from Calmette Hospital alone. At the location of the incident at least 80 were dead. Altogether, based on preliminary tally, about 100 died from this accident.

Immediately after the accident, the authority had a hard time intervening due to the large number of people in the crowd.

The authority decided to use boats to ferry people out and take them to the shore in front of the Royal Palace in order to ease the jam and help the victims. At Koh Pich, which is located in Tonle Bassac commune, Chamcar Mon district, entertainment program was set up there during the Water Festival.

French woman killed during daylight robbery

November 14 2007
AFP

Phnom Penh - A French woman was killed Wednesday when she was struck by a mini-bus after being pulled off a motorcycle taxi by purse-snatchers in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, police said.

Aurelia LaCroix, 23, died instantly following the noon-time robbery, which occurred when at least two young men on a motorcycle pulled up alongside her and grabbed her purse, said Ben Khun, deputy Phnom Penh traffic police chief.

"The victim fell off the motorcycle taxi and the mini-bus ran her over," he told AFP.

He said it was unclear if LaCroix lived in Cambodia or was a tourist.

The robbers escaped, he said, while both the bus and taxi drivers fled the scene, he added.

While robberies have decreased overall in Cambodia, purse and chain-snatching are on the rise and are particularly problematic around major holidays, affecting Cambodians and foreigners alike.

Cambodia next week is set to begin celebrating the Water Festival which draws millions of people to the capital for four days of boat races and parties.

[Muslim] Cambodian teacher killed in latest Malaysian bus crash

Aug 21, 2007
DPA

Kuala Lumpur - A Cambodian teacher was killed and four people were seriously injured when a Malaysian travel bus overturned early Tuesday, marking the third such accident in less than two weeks.

Religious teacher Purmin Benjamin Ali, 28, died at the scene of the crash in the northern state of Kelantan while the bus's 29 passengers were on their way from Kelantan to Kuala Lumpur, said Kelantan police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi.

The driver, who was believed to have nodded off at the wheel, fled the scene of the pre-dawn crash, he said.

'According to some passengers, the driver had stopped the bus four kilometres up the road to buy himself a drink at a restaurant and had complained that he was sleepy,' Abdul Rahim was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency.

The driver, who also did not have a co-driver as required by law, had allegedly told some passengers that he had had only two hours of sleep before beginning the journey.

The crash marked the third major accident since last week that involved interstate holiday buses, many of which are more than a decade old and found to be unfit for travel.

On August 13, a holiday bus crashed through a guardrail and plunged into a ravine along a major highway, killing 21 passengers and the driver.

Investigations into the crash revealed that both the bus as well as the driver had accumulated enough summonses and fines, ranging from offences such as speeding to reckless driving, to be taken off the road.

The incident fuelled calls by members of the public and family of the victims for authorities to amend road laws to enable repeat offenders and guilty travel companies to be punished.

Last Sunday, a second bus was involved in a similar accident, but there were no casualties reported.

Police have said the injured victims from Tuesday's crash were undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital, adding that the Cambodian embassy has been informed of the death of its citizen.