Homeless Man, Tola, Dies in the Gutter

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Homeless Man, Tola, Dies in the Gutter

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Phnom Penh: At 3 pm on May 31, 2019, a homeless man was found dead along QMI Road, Trapaing Por Village, Sangkat Chom Chao, Khan Por Senchey.
According to the local people, the person was never identified, he was only known as Tola, male, about 35 years old, a homeless
man sleeping on the streets, begging for rice and drinking alcohol.

Because people were used to seeing the man lying around drunk and unconscious on the road, they didn't realize that he was dead for quite a while.
Sao Sarin, a village headman in Trapaing Por, said that the man had been seen in his village for several months, and he did not stop drinking every day. A citizen reported to police that the homeless man was dead from too much alcohol causing a heart attack.

With no relatives, villagers made a collection for the funeral costs and collected 600,000 Riels from many local people.Police are still searching for relatives. RIP Tola.
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Re: Homeless Man, Tola, Dies in the Gutter

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600,000R ?? Seems quite generous of people. The guy mustn't have caused any bother for the locals with his drinking.
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