Poor people in Cambodia, particularly the 5 million who live on less than a dollar a day, may suffer from corruption to an extent of perhaps 1 life-year each, for a total of 5 million life-years.

Human News aims to devote 1 character to each 40,000 life-years, or 1000 average lives. Thus, this story has about 5 million / 40,000 = 125 characters.