At least four people were crushed and suffocated to death on Jan 23 in Cambodia after a large crowd gathered at a local tycoon’s home to receive Lunar New Year red envelopes filled with money, the police said.
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Pictures and footage shared by local media show hundreds of people pushing towards the vast gates of a mansion belonging to Mr Sok Kong – a close ally of former Cambodian leader Hun Sen – in downtown Phnom Penh.
“This morning tycoon Sok Kong gave out gifts and a lot of people came to his home, hoping to receive one,” Mr Sam Vicheka, a spokesman for the Phnom Penh Police, told AFP.
