‘Bullets were flying over my roof’: Mothers in Cambodia flee to shelters to protect their kids

Sao Sopha, 27, gave birth to her daughter on Dec 11, after she had fled to a relief displacement site. - ST/MAY WONG

BANTEAY MEANCHEY: Sao Sopha was heavily pregnant when she left home with her son and her cab-driver husband in search of safety on Dec 9, a day after military clashes flared up again between Cambodia and Thailand.

“I am worried and scared because bullets were flying over my roof and the roof was shaking,” said Sopha, 27, who is from O’Beichoan commune in north-western Banteay Meanchey province, near the border with Thailand.