Paramedics treat victims of deadly Cambodia Lunar New Year gift crush

At least four people were crushed and suffocated to death Thursday in Cambodia after a large crowd gathered at a local tycoon's home to receive Lunar New Year red envelopes filled with money.

"This morning tycoon Sok Kong gave out gifts and a lot of people came to his home, hoping to receive one," a spokesman for Phnom Penh Police said. Another five people were receiving treatment at hospital.

Local media reported that the Phnom Penh governor and Sok Kong had promised to give a total of 15 million riel to the family of each person who had died, and around $1,000 will be given to each injured person.