Rescuers search for trapped people in a collapsed building in Sihanoukville city in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia on June 24, 2019. The death toll in the collapse of a seven-story under-construction building in southwestern Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk Province early Saturday, has risen to 25, according to the latest report released by the rescue team on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Lay)
PHNOM PENH, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Monday that Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min agreed to step down after a seven-story unfinished building collapsed on Saturday, killing 25 people.
In a post on his official Facebook page, Hun Sen said during his visit to the site of the collapsed building, Yun Min acknowledged mistakes for not governing the province well, that led to the tragic accident.
"He submitted his resignation to me, and I accepted it," he said, adding that Kampong Cham provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun will replace.
However, the prime minister said Yun Min will still lead the rescue operation in the collapsed building until it ends.
Hun Sen said that he had also fired Senior Minister Nhim Vanda, the first vice-president of the National Committee for Disaster Management, for irresponsibility and lying.
Senior Minister Kun Kim was appointed as the first vice-president of the National Committee for Disaster Management, succeeding Vanda, according to the prime minister's decision.
The seven-story building, that was under-construction, in southwestern Cambodia's Sihanoukville city collapsed early on Saturday, killing at least 25 workers and injuring 24 others, the provincial authorities said.
All of the victims were Cambodian workers.
"So far, about 75 percent of the debris at the site has been removed," the provincial authorities said in a statement.
