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Dozens of Vietnamese dashed out of a casino compound in Cambodia's Kandal province on Aug 18 and tried to swim to Vietnam.
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BANGKOK - On Aug 18, dozens of Vietnamese dashed out of a casino compound in Cambodia's Kandal province, pursued by men swinging long metal rods. They flung themselves into the Binh Di River in a desperate bid to swim to Vietnam on the other side.
Forty of them got away. Of the remaining two, one was recaptured by casino guards. The other one, a 16-year-old boy, drowned in the turbid waters.
