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| Kep Chuktema and his wife (Front row) (Photo: Khem Sovannara) |
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post
Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema presided over the reopening of Diamond Island’s northern bridge on Wednesday, where more than 350 people were killed last month in a stampede on the final night of the annual Water Festival break.
Monks blessed the bridge in a ceremony meant to cleanse the structure of all misfortune before crossing it themselves in a gesture of reassurance that the bridge was safe to use.
However, Kep Chuktema chose to arrive and depart the event using the alternate Spean Hang bridge.
Others in attendance expressed lingering concerns over the structure, with one saying the governor’s decision not to use it was disconcerting.
“The governor should have crossed the bridge that he just inaugurated,” said May Kimly, 50.
“It shows that he still fears the tragedy on the bridge.”
But Ros Pich Davy, 27, said she did not support opening the bridge at all. “They should keep it as a historic bridge for tourists to remember the stampede,” she said.
“I’m scared because when we travelled near the bridge, we still imagined the piles of people upon people in our eyes.”
Some 353 people were killed and another 393 injured, according to government data, when revellers became trapped on the bridge in the waning hours of the national Water Festival.
An official government investigation determined that the swaying of the suspension bridge caused panic and led to the stampede, though some continue to question the government’s explanation.
Srey Loeung, who survived the tragedy but lost her sister-in-law to it, said yesterday the issue required further study.
“I would support further investigations for finding the true reason for the unexpected tragedy of the
stampede,” she said.
Others flatly refused to use the newly reopened bridge. Stampede survivor Ung Nget, 25, from Takeo province, said he would not yet cross the bridge.
“I’m waiting to see how the government prepares to avoid such tragedies [in the future],” he said.
11 comments:
why u ask me like that. i can not step on the 353 dead.they will invite me to go there too.
Because I'm afraid of electricute,too.
how much for Chum Tach Keo Choy ta Ma ?he heh heh !!!!!aShame! Ashame ! ashame ! Ah Choy Ta Ma/////// Youn dog.
The Bridge is the symbol of "អ្នកតា ឃ្លាំងមឿង" Neakta Klaing Moeung. Because of the strategy on this bridge, we Khmer learned to love and support each other.
As a Khmer born, I will not step on.
ពួកអាលីលាខេយអាយមេឌីយានិងអាមីអាថោង
មេបំបែកបំបាក់អោយខ្មែរលិចលង់ ពួកអែងគួរតែងាប់ទៅល្អជាង ដើម្បីអោយខ្មែរបានសុខសាន្ត
That is so ridiculous to hear like this. In fact he is so afraid from coffin that those were killed prepare for.
look face kep chuktema wife 120/100 vietnamese
Me scare of stepping on ghosts.
i don't believe in ghost at all. it's so fake! if ghost is exist at all, it can't do harm to people as it's not physical, ok! believing too much in ghost can hinder your personal growth, not good, to say the least, ok! wake up and be more scientific in life, in investigation, etc, etc... yes, learn from america, japan, the eu, australia, etc..., ok! you'll be smarter, i promise! god bless all.
2:02AM!!! America, Japan, the EU, Australia, etc... They beleive in GOD, in Holly Ghost!!!
Only the communist like Vietname( Ah Kwack Boss), China, Cubar, ect... ANd you see where they end up with ah Kwack????
Beleive boy you do goog you get good. You do Bad you soon strike by lightning like ah Hok Landy!!!!
2:02AM!!! America, Japan, the EU, Australia, etc... They beleive in GOD, in Holly Ghost!!!
Only the communist like Vietname( Ah Kwack Boss), China, Cubar, ect... that beleive nothing, ANd you see where they end up with ah Kwack????
Beleive boy you do goog you get good. You do Bad you soon strike by lightning like ah Hok Landy!!!!
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