A different official spoke of deadly poisoning in Kratie province

Photograph: Sreng Meng Srun / Phnom Penh Post The death toll of 14 people and nearly 300 have fallen ill in Kratie province, said Suy Sem, minister of mines and energy. Earlier this month, there was no involvement with the zinc.

The statement was made on Monday morning, three days after Senior Minister Cham Prasidh, Minister of Industry and Handicrafts, announced the results of the detection of substances Siddharta in the water brought from the affected areas.

Mr. Suy Sem said that in connection with poisoning in Kratie province in the past, the Ministry of Environment had taken the blood of the dead Inspected in Singapore and found no toxic substances in the blood of the victims, but found other toxins Which the Ministry of Health has already identified and confirmed Recently, the death of people in Kantuot commune, Chey Borei district, Kratie province, is due to poisonous insects, pesticides, Alcohol containing excessive methane is above the level.

The minister said: "... to take a look at Singapore, look at it, there is no irony, there is no blood in the blood. The toxins that the Ministry of Health is responsible for examining, as he says, are poison, insecticide, herbicide. "

"Near the river, they are going to take a shot," he said. Prek Heung river also contributes a number of ... Ministry of Mines and Energy and Ministry of Environment have been working hard to carry out their duties Their responsibility is not ignored. "

However, Suy Sem has not confirmed the identity of the laboratory in Singapore, which the Ministry of Environment has taken The blood sample of the dead victim did not go through.

Sao Sopheap, spokesman for the Ministry of Environment, could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Oum Sotha, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry, Industry and Handicrafts, said yesterday that by testing the water samples that his ministry had brought from sources Prek Toe and O Koky, where the explosion of the contaminated poisonous case is "really toxic", but he received Know that his ministry has not taken samples The blood of one of the victims in the case of toxic poisoning in the upper area was tested.

"The team of the Cambodian Laboratory has really seen the chemical substances in the water that we brought in. From the affected area, and the dissemination of this substance does not indicate that the sick and dying victims in Kratie province This is caused by toxic substances EC but to intervene to control and prevent the toxic spreading further through the use of water from the creek and the water above.

In early May, residents of Sainan and Al Chau Village, Kantuuot Commune, Chet Borei District, about 300 people were suffering from vomiting, vomiting, headache, sore throat, tiredness, weak feet, dizzy feet, and suffocating. He was transferred to a series of treatment at Kratie Provincial Hospital and Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh and caused 14 patients Die. The disease is suspected of being caused by alcohol poisoning and drinking poisoning.