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4 people die in Cambodia in Lunar New Year gift crush

At least four people were crushed and suffocated to death on Thursday in Cambodia after a large crowd gathered at a local tycoon’s home to receive Lunar New Year red envelopes filled with money, police said.

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4 people die in Lunar New Year gift crush at home of tycoon Sok Kong, one of Cambodia's wealthiest people

At least four people were crushed and suffocated to death Thursday in Cambodia after a large crowd gathered at a local tycoon's home to receive Lunar New Year red envelopes filled with money, police said.

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Cambodia crowd crush kills four after tycoon offers Lunar New Year cash-stacked envelopes

Cambodia crowd crush kills four after tycoon offers Lunar New Year cash-stacked envelopes - Crowds surge happened as after one of Cambodia’s richest men offered charity giveaway outside home in Phnom

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Four people crushed to death at Chinese New Year cash giveaway event in Cambodia

Four people were killed and five were injured when they were crushed at a Chinese New Year cash giveaway in Cambodia this morning. Thousands of hard-up locals converged on the gates of a mansion owned by tycoon Sok Kong for his annual charity event in the capital Phnom Penh.

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Four people die while huge crowd gathers in Phnom Penh to receive hongbao from Cambodian tycoon

Pictures show hundreds of people pushing towards the gates of tycoon Sok Kong's mansion. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Lunar New Year giveaway of cash, food leaves 4 dead in Cambodia as crowd surges

Four people were killed and five others injured as a crowd scrambled for food and cash handouts from one of Cambodia’s richest men as a Chinese Lunar New Year gift ...

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'Angpow' stampede in Cambodia leaves four dead, draws widespread condemnation

Thursday (Jan 23) morning’s tragic deaths which occurred outside the palatial home of Oknha Sok Kong as people trampled each other to get hold of “red envelopes” has sparked criticism regarding the ...