Thursday, September 06, 2007

Forest clearing uncovers 96 UXO shells

Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Villagers clearing forest for plantations in Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, an intense battle zone during the war era, have uncovered 96 UXO shells buried in the ground, on 01 September 2007. The Kampuchea Thmei newspaper reported that the shells which the villagers uncovered consist of 61 B-40.5 shells, 13 B-40 shells, 19 B-41 shells, and 3 60-mm shells. Hun Hean, the police commissioner for the province of Banteay Meanchey said that these UXO uncovered by the villagers were turned over to the Hello Trash mine destruction organization located in Thmar Puok district for destruction on the spot, on 02 September, in order to prevent life endangerments to the local villagers.

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