UK National in Cambodia Risks Losing a Lung

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Re: UK National in Cambodia Risks Losing a Lung

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Clemen wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 8:04 am "Cambodia’s Health Ministry Denies Fake News that the Kingdom Demands £20,000 from Foreigner to Cure Lung Disease"

"Phnom Penh (FN), May 23 – Cambodia's health ministry spokesperson Or Vandine dismissed a fake news published by MSN, stating that Cambodia demanded £20,000 from foreign patients for infected lung treatment.

"Anthony Igoe, 31, was taken to hospital in Cambodia, where he is a teacher with a serious Infection in his lungs. But medics in the poverty-stricken country have now told him he will have to pay £20,000 for antibiotic drugs or doctors will simply remove the infected lung,” the website wrote.

The spokesperson considered the above statement fake news fabricated to discredit Cambodia’s Health Ministry."

http://m.en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php ... 57-41.html
The government says this is FAKE NEWS
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Bear in mind that this was an estimate, and it's possible that it will be revised now that the government is taking an interest in the case.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 8:24 am

Bear in mind that this was an estimate, and it's possible that it will be revised now that the government is taking an interest in the case.
Looks like BS from here. I'll be curious to see if their campaign is still live this time tomorrow.
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what is his embassy doing?
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A story and a gofundme page is all it takes to rake in this much money from kindhearted and unsuspecting donors.
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numacsys wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 11:56 am A story and a gofundme page is all it takes to rake in this much money from kindhearted and unsuspecting donors.
it seems to be a genuine case

why do you say unsuspecting?

do you have proof of the opposite?

in which case publish please.
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fazur wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 12:01 pm
numacsys wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 11:56 am A story and a gofundme page is all it takes to rake in this much money from kindhearted and unsuspecting donors.
it seems to be a genuine case

why do you say unsuspecting?

do you have proof of the opposite?

in which case publish please.
http://www.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/ ... 53-32.html
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i don't see anything in the link which even suggests his claim is false.

however, i don't read thai

can u tell us exactly what news you have which does, please?
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Scam or no scam, I hope if he loses a lung that he finds it again.
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Re: UK National in Cambodia Risks Losing a Lung

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numacsys wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 12:02 pm
fazur wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 12:01 pm
numacsys wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 11:56 am A story and a gofundme page is all it takes to rake in this much money from kindhearted and unsuspecting donors.
it seems to be a genuine case

why do you say unsuspecting?

do you have proof of the opposite?

in which case publish please.
http://www.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/ ... 53-32.html
This link was already posted by Clemen earlier today.
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 8:24 am
Clemen wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 8:04 am "Cambodia’s Health Ministry Denies Fake News that the Kingdom Demands £20,000 from Foreigner to Cure Lung Disease"

"Phnom Penh (FN), May 23 – Cambodia's health ministry spokesperson Or Vandine dismissed a fake news published by MSN, stating that Cambodia demanded £20,000 from foreign patients for infected lung treatment.

"Anthony Igoe, 31, was taken to hospital in Cambodia, where he is a teacher with a serious Infection in his lungs. But medics in the poverty-stricken country have now told him he will have to pay £20,000 for antibiotic drugs or doctors will simply remove the infected lung,” the website wrote.

The spokesperson considered the above statement fake news fabricated to discredit Cambodia’s Health Ministry."

http://m.en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php ... 57-41.html
The government says this is FAKE NEWS
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Re: UK National in Cambodia Risks Losing a Lung

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Article on xxx now where they interview the bird.

She insists he is ill, and that the record in Scotland "put words in her mouth", and gives a few thousand word interview and manages to never name a hospital or clinic that they have visited.

I smell grifters.
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