Phnom Penh, June 11: At least two Cambodian soldiers, who were on peacekeeping mission in Mali, died after they ate tainted food, a Cambodian military official confirmed on Wednesday. "I can only confirm that two Cambodian peacekeepers died Tuesday in Mali in suspicted food poisoning," Ken Sosavoeun, deputy director of the military's Peacekeeping Operations Department, told Xinhua. "This was the first time that our peacekeepers died on the UN peacekeeping mission overseas," he said. Cambodia sent 309 troops to Mali in February to join a UN peacekeeping mission. Mali was plunged into turmoil after a March 2012 coup that led to an Islamic rebel takeover of large swathes of the West African country. France launched a military operation in January last year to oust them.
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Rest in peace my Khmer brothers. Thanks for your services for our country. Sadness, sympathy, love for your family that left behind. I will pray to Jesus Christ for you.
I appeal and plead to the UN and Cambodian government please take care their family.
I plead to UN and Cambodian government screen any Cambodian soldiers for any virus (EBOLA) before they step foot in Cambodia after their missions. Our peoples had suffered long enough, we don't need a pandemic diseases from Africa.
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