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Building collapses in Cambodia

A tourist guesthouse under construction has collapsed in Cambodia killing 36 people and injuring 23 more. The seven-storey concrete building collapsed in Kep on Friday.

Local officials said rescue operations recovered 36 dead which included six children and 14 women. Officials said in a statement that did not detail why children were at the construction site.

Governor Ken Satha said that the owners of the building, a Cambodian couple, had been detained for questioning.

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Meanwhile, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen defended the governments response in Kep,160km southwest of the capital Phnom Penh. “Building collapses don’t only happen in Cambodia … they also happen elsewhere … including in the United States,” Hun Sen said.

Cambodia is undergoing a construction boom to serve growing crowds of Chinese tourists and investors, Reuters reports.

The Kep building collapse came six months after 28 people were killed when a Chinese-owned construction site collapsed in Preah Sihanouk province. Seven people were charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Prime Minister Hun Sen also fired a disaster management official over that accident.

 

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