Tuesday, June 14, 2011

1,000 Cambodian troops join in exercise with firing of live ammunition

14 June 2011
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Soch

General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the ministry of Defense, declared yesterday that the RCAF had started military exercise using live ammunition for a 4-day period, starting from Monday. The exercise will be accompanied with live ammunition firing: 82 mm and 100 mm shells. Chhum Socheat indicated that the exercise took place in Kampong Speu province and it will last until 16 June. Tea Banh, the minister of Defense, will observe the exercise. Chhum Socheat told the Phnom Penh Post that: “We trained for one month already, starting from 13 May, and the exercise will be joined by more than 1,000 troops from a number of units.” Nevertheless, Chhum Socheat said that he does not know how many rounds of live shells will fired during the 4-day exercise.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Spending to steal from the budget? OR try to scare Am Laing 's people?

Anonymous said...

Tea Banh is Minister of Defense? What a joke! Other than "srey and sra" this dude probably doesn't even know how to check email.

Tea Banh:
Specialty: Banh Tea(shoot duck) Education: Khmer Rouge Jungle
Occupation:Hoon Xen's Slave