Royals chip in to aid demining efforts


Dangerous job: A demining personnel carefully unearthing an unexploded ordnance in Banteay Meachey’s Malai district. — The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk have donated a total of US$1.5mil (RM6.684mil) to fund demining work in Cambodia through the Samdech Techo Project for Mine Action (STP-MA).

The fundraising drive, initiated recently by Prime Minister Hun Sen, has reached more than US$20mil (RM89.120mil) in just over three weeks.

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