Demining in Chouk Chey and Prey Chan villages began in 1992, explains Cambodia


FILE PHOTO: A demining personnel unearths an unexploded ordnance in Banteay Meachey's Malai district in July, 2022. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH: Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), has explained how Cambodia’s mine clearance efforts in Banteay Meanchey province’s Prey Chan and Chouk Chey villages began in 1992.

In a September 23 social media post, he noted that humanitarian demining supports safety, physical infrastructure development and socio-economic progress for the Cambodian citizens living in the two villages in Ou Beichoan, as well as other villages along the Cambodian-Thai border.

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