PHNOM PENH, July 7, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2016 shows counterfeit goods are set on fire in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Nearly 1,000 large cardboard boxes of counterfeit goods were burned down on Thursday at a dumpsite on the southwestern outskirts of Phnom Penh by Cambodian economic police. (Xinhua/Phearum)
PHNOM PENH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1,000 large cardboard boxes of counterfeit goods were burned down on Thursday at a dumpsite on the southwestern outskirts of Phnom Penh by Cambodian economic police.
The inferior quality products, mostly coffee and tea, were confiscated during a raid on a Vietnamese-owned warehouse in Phnom Penh in March, said Lieutenant General Chan Vanthoeun, director of the anti-economic crimes department of the interior ministry.
"Seven types of counterfeit products were burned down," he told reporters. "These items were illegally imported from Vietnam."
He said a Vietnamese man who possessed the products was arrested during the raid and had been sent to court for prosecution.
According to the official, hundreds of tons counterfeit products have been set on fire in recent years in a bid to improve the well-being of the Cambodians.
