The leftover engine of the plane which crashed in Kampot province (Photo: Neay Keb, Koh Santepheap newspaper)Monday, August 6, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media
According to a report by the Koh Santepheap newspaper, the plane which carried South Korean passengers and crashed in Kampot province over one month ago, has been hacked down into pieces and carted off by the villagers, the only things remaining now are two plane tires and the engine only. The tires and engine are too heavy to be removed, everything else has been taken away already. The report indicated that hundreds of villagers hacked and sawed off pieces of the plane located in the middle of the forest on a rocky mountain. Some villagers took the plane ladder, some collected aluminum, others took away electric wires, and scattered plane parts, the villagers worked tirelessly day and night to cart off these pieces to sell as scrap metal to scrap dealers in Veal Renh commune. Kong Chun, the Prek Kranh village chief, told Koh Santepheap that, shortly after the plane crash, there was a lot of soldiers guarding the site. Kong Chun said that he thought it was the soldiers who took away all the plane pieces, but it turned out that it was the villagers who went into the forest to collect the metal pieces, day and night, for 20 days before the operation quieted down. The village chief said that, based on what he knows, villagers from 4 communes in Sihanoukville municipality who participated in the dismantling of the downed plane.
1 comment:
Why doesnt Hun Sen's plane and chopper fall from the sky in this manner so the poor cambodian that he created can find the scrap metal and sell it to Vietnam...!
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