Will the US allow an Obama-viction?

Paving the way for an OBAMA-VICTION?

4 September 2012
KI-Media

The Cambodia Daily reported in today’s edition that more than 180 families living next to the Phnom Penh International Airport are told to move out of their homes to make way for a new road for US President Obama’s visit to Cambodia in November. The road is to provide safety for the US president. “We were told that Phnom Penh plans to extend the airport to provide a safety road for Obama,” The Cambodia Daily quoted Chray Nin, the representative of the 182 families facing the alleged Obama-viction, as saying.

The families are now complaining this case to the Phnom Penh city hall to demand for compensation for the eviction which is also confirmed by Var Sarang, the deputy chief of Chom Chao commune.

Pochentong Airport: Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise

Fire fighters put out the fire at a mock air crash at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

People pretending to be victims in a mock air crash lie on the ground at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Rescue workers remove "wounded" from a mock air crash at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A soldier patrols while rescue workers remove "wounded" from a mock air crash at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

12-09-2007
By Kong Sothanarith
Cambodge Soir
Translated from French by Luc Sâr

The management of the Pochentong Airport wants to measure the efficiency of the emergency rescue, as well as the efficiency of the chain of information of the emergency operation center by setting up a full scale exercise.

The Phnom Penh International Airport organized on Wednesday 12 September, a simulation of an emergency operation during a plane crash. The exercise follows the crash of a PMT Airlines plane a few month ago, in the Kampot province, where 22 people died. “The goal of this exercise is to provide emergency during a plane accident, mainly a plane crash. We must test the command procedure for an emergency, evaluate the efficiency of the information recorded on the spot, and the follow up of this information by the Emergency operation Center. This is not about an operation related to terrorist action on an airplane,” Khek Norinda, the marketing and communication director of the Société Concessionaire des Aéroports (SCA), said. The exercise took place inside the military airport during a slow period of air traffic. Some 400 personnel involved would be participating in the exercise, they come from the national disaster management department, from Phnom Penh Hospitals, as well as from the police forces.