AFP – The death toll from a boat capsized off Cambodia’s coast rose to three on Saturday and nine more were rescued in Vietnamese waters. And eight more people are still missing, Cambodian officials said.
A boat carrying all 41 Chinese passengers crashed off the coast of Sihanoukville on Thursday, with Cambodian authorities able to rescue 21 people on Friday (23).
A spokesman for the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administrative Organization told AFP that Rescuers found two more bodies on Saturday, bringing the death toll to three and eight others missing.
meanwhile Vietnamese border guards on duty at An Thoi Station in Kianxyang Province told AFP that A fishing boat rescued nine Chinese nationals in Vietnamese waters near Phu Quoc on Friday (23).
In recent years, Cambodia’s once quiet fishing village, Sihanoukville, has become a casino hub following China’s rapid expansion of investment. There have also been reports of Chinese workers being tricked into working at casinos or call center gangs in Sihanoukville.
Cambodian authorities are trying to crack down on human trafficking and human trafficking networks. The latter was widely reported that people from different countries In Southeast Asia, they are tricked into entering the country for high-paying jobs.
Cambodian officials said The capsized group arrived from China by speedboat on Sept. 11 and a week later. The group had moved onto a fishing boat with two Cambodian sailors in international waters. before the ship crashed and began to sink on Thursday
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Beijing had been in close coordination with Cambodian officials on the incident.
