Chumteav No. 1. Who are Chumteav No. 2, No. 3, etc…? ;-)Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Rasmei Kampuchea
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Xen, president of the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), told CRC youths, who are stationed along a number of roadsides in Phnom Penh to direct traffic and prevent traffic jams, that they must jot down the license plate number of cars that do not respect the traffic law or if they look down on these CRC youths directing the traffic so that they can be dealt with by the law, irrespective of their ranks in the government.
Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Xen said, during a meeting for the distribution of uniforms to CRC youths in Phnom Penh in the morning of 25 August, that all CRC youths must strictly apply the traffic law in order to relieve traffic jams, as well as reducing the number of traffic accidents. The chumteav added that in the case any driver does not respect the law, or if any driver looks down on any of the nieces/nephews (CRC youths) who are directing the traffic, these youngsters must jot down the car license plates so that these drivers can be dealt with by the law, irrespective of their government ranking or who the parents of these drivers are.
The chumteav added that the high-ranking government officials respect the law very well, however, those officials who only hold the rank of department directors down, and a small number of sons/daughters of high-ranking officials who depend on their parents’ high-ranking titles, they do not respect the law that much. Nevertheless, the chumteav called on all the drivers to respect the law in order to reduce life-threatening accidents.
Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Xen indicated that, currently, traffic accident is the major issue, therefore, the government ordered that safety helmets be used in order to protect the people lives. The chumteav recognized that the majority of people wear helmets to protect their lives, however, these people wear them mainly in the morning, but they do not do so in the afternoon.
Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Xen said, during a meeting for the distribution of uniforms to CRC youths in Phnom Penh in the morning of 25 August, that all CRC youths must strictly apply the traffic law in order to relieve traffic jams, as well as reducing the number of traffic accidents. The chumteav added that in the case any driver does not respect the law, or if any driver looks down on any of the nieces/nephews (CRC youths) who are directing the traffic, these youngsters must jot down the car license plates so that these drivers can be dealt with by the law, irrespective of their government ranking or who the parents of these drivers are.
The chumteav added that the high-ranking government officials respect the law very well, however, those officials who only hold the rank of department directors down, and a small number of sons/daughters of high-ranking officials who depend on their parents’ high-ranking titles, they do not respect the law that much. Nevertheless, the chumteav called on all the drivers to respect the law in order to reduce life-threatening accidents.
Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Xen indicated that, currently, traffic accident is the major issue, therefore, the government ordered that safety helmets be used in order to protect the people lives. The chumteav recognized that the majority of people wear helmets to protect their lives, however, these people wear them mainly in the morning, but they do not do so in the afternoon.
