Migrant fishermen to be cremated in Thailand
A group of Cambodian migrant fishermen is preparing to cremate five colleagues in Thailand’s southern Ranong province after they were struck by a mystery illness while working on a commercial fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean, an official said on 18 January.
Cheam Lamatin, the labor attache at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, said that all 25 Cambodians aboard the long-haul vessel fell ill and that five remained hospitalized. Many of them were part of the same family, he said, adding that details of what had caused them to fall ill were “still sketchy.”
