China News Agency Phnom Penh, March 13 (Reporter Huang Yaohui) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared in the plenary session of the parliament on the morning of the 13th. Foreign media said that the rumor of the Prime Minister's infection with the new crown pneumonia was self-defeating.
On the same day, Prime Minister Hun Sen stated on his official website that a foreign television station reported that he might be infected with new crown pneumonia. Hun Sen said that I am now attending a meeting in Congress and will go to Battambang Province tomorrow and Phnom Penh on March 15.
Data map: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Photo by China Press Agency Han Haidan
Hun Sen said that the epidemic of new crown pneumonia is terrible, but the fake news is even more terrible, and he hopes that the people will work together to combat the fake news. Call on fellow citizens across the country to be vigilant, to strengthen self-protection, to protect the health of themselves and their families, and to ensure that there are no new cases in Cambodia.
Hun Sen emphasized that 5 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in China, the first confirmed case has been cured and returned to China; the second case is a 38-year-old Cambodian man; the third, fourth and fifth cases are three British passengers entering the country.
On the 11th, Cambodian Minister of Information Chokanari signed a document to establish the National Committee to Combat Fake News, with the State Secretary of Ubatina as the chairman of the committee, including 22 senior officials of the Ministry of Information as vice-chairmen and members. News websites, seized and investigated legal responsibility according to law. (Finish)