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A Cambodian army soldier takes photographs of the damaged section of Cambodia's famed Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Preah Vihear province.
Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh Wednesday, 25 May 2011
“Between 5,000 and 10,000 people will be directly impacted by the cluster munitions.”
The Cambodian Mine Action Center has found more than 300 hectares of land peppered with cluster munitions, believed to be fired by Thailand during border fighting in February.
A Cambodian army soldier takes photographs of the damaged section of Cambodia's famed Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Preah Vihear province.
Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh Wednesday, 25 May 2011
“Between 5,000 and 10,000 people will be directly impacted by the cluster munitions.”
The Cambodian Mine Action Center has found more than 300 hectares of land peppered with cluster munitions, believed to be fired by Thailand during border fighting in February.
Clearance of the unexploded ordnance could take up to a year or more, demining officials said, following an assessment of the area by CMAC and Norwegian People’s Aid.
“We are searching for more areas affected with submunitions of cluster munitions,” CMAC Secretary-General Heng Ratana told VOA Khmer Wednesday.
Jan Erik Stea, program manager for mines at Norwegian People’s Aid, told reporters Wednesday the munitions were found during a two-day assessment in April. Twelve areas, including four in villages, spread over more than 1.5 million square meters in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Khsant district were identified, he said.
“Between 5,000 and 10,000 people will be directly impacted by the cluster munitions,” he said. “They have small submunitions between the houses, which is of course a danger for the people living there.”
Two types of submunitions—M42 and M85—were identified, he said.
3 comments:
we needs, to sue siam for this no excuses..
I really want to see Abhisit and his clans stand trial at the world court for their multiple crimes and horrendous stupidity they had committed recently.
I can not forgive them of what they had done to this world heritage site and the potential harms yet to embark upon the civilian Khmer peasantry and livestock living in the contaminated area where these cluster munitions are scattered. Barbarism is wittingly flourished in Thailand the ally of the number one super power and the supposedly super civilized nation is in fact a very sad state of affair on the current world stage.
UN must prosecuted Thailand for using baned weapons like cluser bombs against poor country...Thailand is lawful and civilized country wright? I wonder why UN done nothing with Thailand?
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