Showing posts with label Cambodia tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambodia tragedy. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2012

Koh Pich poem: No one responsibl​e for the Tragedy?

A stampede on a bridge in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh killed hundreds of people late on Monday and wounded hundreds more many after thousands panicked on the last day of a water festival. Photo courtesy AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

A poem on Koh Pich Stampede on Pich Bridge at Koh Pich composed by an Unknown Poet; Photos by The Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community and Google; Read by Jendhamuni Sos

On Monday November 22, 2010, 353 people died in the annual Cambodian Water Festival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqXwdLLIMlc

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Bye Bye damning evidence

Cambodian military police carry a body from a bridge in Phnom Penh after at least 330 people died in a stampede during the country's annual Water Festival.
A rescue team carries a body from a suspended bridge after a stampede. Millions were out on the streets of Phnom Penh to enjoy the final day of the three-day Water Festival.
A Cambodian military policeman examines a body near the bridge after a stampede killed hundreds during the country's annual Water Festival.
People reach for help among others who are unconscious near the bridge. A stampede killed hundreds on the final day of Cambodia's Water Festival.
Cambodian police officials examine the bridge where at least 330 people died in a stampede during the country's annual Water Festival.


Bye-bye cursed Cambodian stampede bridge

"Bad luck" bridge will be dismantled

December 28, 2011
Patrick Winn
Global Post

Cambodia's Diamond Bridge, where more than 350 died in a horrific 2010 stampede, is being torn down, according to the Phnom Penh Post.

The construction of two other nearby bridges, which lead to the same island, partly explains the bridge's early demise.

But an AFP report suggests its dismantling is explained, in part, by a widespread preception that the bridge is cursed.

Since the tragedy, the bridge has been used "only reluctantly by superstitious locals who thought it brought bad luck," according to the report.

Global Post's photo series on the tragedy is here.

Damning evidence destroyed!!!



Cambodia dismantles bridge where 353 lost their lives in a stampede


27 December 2011 (AFP) - Cambodian workers on Tuesday began dismantling a notorious bridge where 353 people lost their lives in a stampede last year, following the completion of two new crossings nearby.

The country’s annual water festival ended in tragedy in November 2010 when crowds panicked on the narrow crossing leading to Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island, one of the main event sites.

The bridge has since then been used only reluctantly by superstitious locals who thought it brought bad luck.

The bridge is not necessary anymore since the construction of the twin bridges nearby has finished,” Diamond Island project manager Touch Samnang told Agence France Presse, adding that it would take around two months to dismantle the structure.

Cambodia dismantles stampede bridge

Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Australia Network News

Cambodian workers have began dismantling a notorious bridge where 353 people lost their lives in a stampede last year.

This follows the completion of two new crossings nearby, leading to Phnom Penh's Diamond Island.

The stampede on the narrow crossing happened during the water festival in November last year, when people panicked following rumours that the eight-metre wide, 100-metre long bridge was unstable.

Last month, local authorities marked the first anniversary of the disaster by unveiling a memorial for the victims at the foot of the crossing.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Villagers salute Chea Dara

A monk sprinkles water over the body of Chea Dara, whose body was pulled from the Mekong hours earlier on Saturday in Kandal province’s Kien Svay district. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan)

Monday, 28 November 2011
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
The Phnom Penh Post

A mother whose family face eviction from their home at Boeung Kak lake was farewelled at a funeral on Saturday evening, hours after her body was found in the Mekong River.

Chea Dara’s body was identified by family members on Saturday in Samraong Thum commune, Kien Svay district, Kandal province, after three boys fishing in Samraong Thum commune earlier reported seeing a body floating there.

Chea Dara’s husband, Doeur Phou, told the Post on Thursday that his wife had jumped off the Chruoy Changva bridge because authorities had condemned their family to homelessness.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Calls For Justice Continue A Year After Cambodian Stampede

A Cambodian woman sobs as she looks at names of bridge stampede victims, etched on a memorial stupa, one year after the tragedy on November 22, 2011. (Agence France-Press/Getty Images)

November 23, 2011
By Shibani Mahtani
The Wall Street Journal

A year after more than 350 people died on a bridge stampede in Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh – an event that drew headlines across the world – a new report says the government hasn’t conducted a “meaningful” inquiry into the tragedy, and advocates are calling for new investigations.

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), responsible for the report, is recommending that the government reopen a “full investigation” into the incident, which Prime Minister Hun Sen himself labeled as the greatest tragedy to befall the country since the Pol Pot regime.

“The anniversary of this tragedy falls on International Day to End Impunity… a timely coincidence as despite the gravity of the event, no one has been held accountable,” said Ou Virak, the President of CCHR.

Don't forget Koh Pich Bridge, Don't forget the Killers - αž€ុំαž—្αž›េαž…αžŸ្αž–ាαž“αž–េαž‡្រ αž“ិαž„ αž€ុំαž—្αž›េαž…αžƒាαžαž€αžš

Anniversary for the victims of Koh Pich

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwZcb7a7JGs

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

In Remembrance of the Koh Pich Tragedy

Cambodia remembers stampede victims one year on

A mother mourning her daughter
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
AFP

PHNOM PENH — Hundreds of tearful relatives burned incense and placed offerings of flowers, fruit and food Tuesday at the foot of a new memorial honouring 353 people who died in a bridge stampede one year ago.

"I feel fearful seeing this bridge," an emotional Tith Sam Ath, 40, whose 12-year-old son died in the disaster during a popular festival in the capital Phnom Penh, told AFP.

"I still miss my son every day. He was an outstanding student," she said, as Buddhist monks chanted and blessed the memorial, which carries the names of those who perished nearby.

22 វិαž…្αž†ិαž€ាαžŸαž„្ខាαžšαž›αž់ (Cambodia Stampede Song) by Sokun Nisa


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-DXxC302x4

Monday, November 21, 2011

Fresh Koh Pich investigation sought

The covered bodies of victims lie outside Calmette hospital in the aftermath of the tragic stampede during last year’s Water Festival at Koh Pich, which killed 353 people. (Photo by: Pha Lina)
Monday, 21 November 2011
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post

Late at night on November 22, 2010, some 80 bodies lay side by side in front of a crowd of onlookers who had gathered to peer through a gate at Calmette hospital, trying to understand who had died and why.

Inside, victims of what Prime Minister Hun Sen would later call the worst tragedy to befall Cambodia since the Khmer Rouge were being treated on the floor, while the dead were taken outside and added to the long rows.

A government investigation into the incident concluded that no one was specifically to blame for the Koh Pich tragedy and resulted in no resignations despite the death of more than 350 people on a bridge on the final day of Cambodia’s annual Water Festival.

One year on, CCHR issues a report into the tragedy on Koh Pich Bridge on 22 November 2010


http://www.box.com/s/crsakb9p4qabxt609vts


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Friday, November 18, 2011

1st Year Koh Pich Tragedy 22-11-2011​

Dear All,

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៑.αž‚ោαž›αž”ំαžŽαž„:​​"ដើម្αž”ីរំαž›ឹαž€ ខួαž”αž˜ួαž™αž†្αž“ាំ αž…ំαž–ោះ αž©αž”αž‘្វហេតុ αž‚្រោះថ្αž“ាαž€់ សោαž€αž“ាαž’αž€αž˜្ម ដែαž›αž”ាαž“ αž€ើតទើαž„ αž›ើស្αž–ាαž“αž€ោះαž–េαž‡្រ​​​​"

្.​ αž–េαž›αžœេαž›ា ​αž€ាαž›αž”αžšិαž…្αž†េαž‘ ​αž“ិαž„αž‘ីαž€αž“្αž›ែαž„: αž‡ួαž”αž‡ុំαž‚្αž“ាαž“ៃម៉ោαž„αŸ₯αž›្αž„ាαž… ថ្αž„ៃαž‘ី​្្ខែវិαž…្αž†ិαž€ា​αž†្αž“ាំ្០៑៑ αž“ិαž„αž’្វើ ដំណើαž‘ៅ αž€ាαž“់ស្αž–ាαž“αž€ោះαž–េαž‡្រ។ αž…ំαž–ោះ ធ្αž“αž€αžŠែαž› មាαž“αž”ំαžŽαž„ αž…ូαž›αžšួម ហើαž™ មិαž“αž’ាαž… αž˜αž€αž‘ាαž“់ ម៉ោαž„αŸ₯αž”ាαž“ ធាαž…αž’αž‰្αž‡ើαž‰ αž˜αž€αž…ូαž›αžšួម αž“ៅម៉ោαž„αŸ₯:៣០ αž›្αž„ាαž…αž“ៅ ស្αž–ាαž“ αž€ោះαž–េαž‡្រ តែម្αžαž„។

៣.​αžšαž”ៀαž”αžœារ: (មើαž›αž―αž€αžŸាαžšαž—្αž‡ាαž”់)

ដោαž™αžŸេαž…αž€្តីαž‚ោαžšαž–!

On behalf of family, friends of the victims at Koh Pich and as human being, i would like to inform you that we will celebrate an event for 1st year of the tragedy at Koh Pich as below:

1. The objective: "The 1st year tragedy purposes to remind about accident, and tragedy at Koh Pich"

2. Time, Date and Place: Meet at 5pm at Korean Center on 22 November 2011 and walk towards the Koh Pich bridge.​ If you cannot make your time for 5pm, you can come directly to Koh Pich bridge at 5:30pm

Your sincere,

Srorn

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Festival haunts survivors

Security officers and bystanders pick their way through discarded shoes and sandals on the bridge to Diamond Island after the deadly stampede last November. (Photo by: Heng Chivoa)

Thursday, 10 November 2011
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post

Chomrieng Samnoak Spean Pich - Diamond Bridge Tragedy Song

The annual Water Festival is reviving memories of the hundreds of people killed last year in the stampede on the bridge to Diamond Island. Many survivors say they cannot block the images of tragedy from flashing in their minds and creeping into their dreams.

“Images of the stampede are racing through my mind,” Ung Nget said. “I’m still afraid of crowded places.”

The 27-year-old repairman said he was lucky to survive but remained haunted by what he saw.

“I was one of the people who were tangled in the pile of victims on the bridge,” he said.

When Ung Neget thinks of the Water Festival, he still sees the corpses.