Pictures and footage shared by local media show hundreds of people pushing towards the vast gates of a mansion belonging to Sok Kong.
This photo taken and released by Fresh News on January 23, 2025 shows health workers carrying a person into an ambulance after a crowd pushed towards the gates of a mansion of Cambodian tycoon Sok Kong to receive red envelopes filled with money ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Phnom Penh. At least four people suffocated in Cambodia January 23 as a large crowd gathered in front of a local tycoon’s home to receive red envelopes filled with money ahead of Lunar New Year, police said.
“This morning tycoon Sok Kong gave out gifts and a lot of people came to his home, hoping to receive one,“ Sam Vicheka, a spokesman for Phnom Penh Police, told AFP.
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