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Dating
The Associated Press Television story is dated 21 December 1996. Its shotlist dates the footage of the island "5th December, 1996" (AP Newsroom; the same story on the AP Archive channel). The event date of this news item follows the shotlist.
Source discrepancies
United Press International reported the same island on 19 December 1996.
| Associated Press Television, 21 December 1996 | United Press International, 19 December 1996 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date | footage dated "5th December, 1996" | "the police marijuana campaign was launched Thursday" (19 December 1996) |
| Area | "more than ten hectares (25 acres) of marijuana plants" cut down | "burning down a 10-acre marijuana plantation" |
| Place | "about twenty kilometres (12 miles) south of Phnom Penh" | "13 miles west of Phnom Penh" |
This news item follows Associated Press Television. Whether the two reports describe one operation is not settled by the sources read. UPI: "Cambodia launches anti-pot drive".
Quantities
The report gives "more than ten hectares". The stored figure, 10 hectares, is that lower bound.
Place
The report places the island among "a series of islands in the Mekong River". On OpenStreetMap the island, Koh Anlong Chen (way 37692514), lies in the Bassac. The report names no district; the municipality field, Ta Khmau, is the island's present municipality there.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 10:24, 21 October 2026 (+07)