Phnom Pneh municipal governor, Kep Chutema, authorized all local officials to meet with owners of unlicensed pharmacies in Phnom Penh in order to demand them to apply for legitimate licesnce or if not they will face closure.

Ministry of Health issued announcement in January to all municipal and provincial health officials a deadline of February to take action against illegal pharmacies across the nation.

Sok Sokun, director of the Phnom Penh Health Department, said that there are 528 licenced pharmacies and 116 illegal ones in Phnom Penh, reported the Post.

Complicating matters, however, is the fact that many owners operating illegal pharmacies are actually also running licenced medical clinics. “We have [licenced] them to operate clinics, but they are not allowed to open pharmacies,” added he.

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