Five Cambodian fishermen die at sea
Five Cambodian fishermen died at sea from an undetermined illness, while 20 more are currently hospitalised in Thailand’s Ranong Provincial Hospital, officials at the Cambodian Embassy in Thailand said on 17 January.
Lamatin Cheam, the counsellor in charge of Cambodian labour at the embassy in Bangkok, said in an interview on 17 January that the five deceased were part of a crew of 25 Cambodians and six Thai nationals, and had been fishing in the Indian Ocean since April.
