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News Snapshot: BANTEAY MEANCHEY, Cambodia, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Friday that he ordered the arrest of a man for posting fake online news about new COVID-19 deaths. The suspect posted an outdated picture of a person's death and claimed it was a new COVID-19 death, the prime minister said. Hun Sen said in a speech during the celebration of the National Fish Day that the suspect has been sent to a court for prosecution. The prime minister warned that those create fake news on COVID-19 to cause social chaos will...