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Donations will be accepted for those who died at Water Festival
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/26/2010
LONG BEACH -- Members of the Cambodian American Business Association and other civic organizations will be holding a memorial Saturday at MacArthur Park, 1321 E. Anaheim St. from noon to 4 p.m. for the victims in this week's tragedy at the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A candlelight vigil will follow from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Members of the groups will be collecting donations for families of the 347 victims who died when crowds panicked and stampeded at a riverside celebration.
Information is avaiable by calling Thary Ung, 626-383-7559, Anthony Kim, 626-261-0765, or Ratha Chan, 562-206-9004, or online at http://www.cambaonline.org/ .
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