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A demining expert removes a UXO unit in Kampong Cham province’s Kampong Siem district on May 3. CMAC
CMAC operations continuing unabated despite Covid-19
Tue, 1 June 2021
In the first four months of this year, Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) cleared more than 35 million square metres of land, detecting and destroying over 15,000 landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO), according to CMAC director-general Heng Ratana.
Ratana said CMAC also held 5,818 information session to instruct groups on landmines and other munitions leftover from wars. The sessions reached almost 200,000 households.
He said that in the first four months, CMAC cleared land equivalent to more than 94 per cent of its objective. This is equal to 31.38 per cent of the annual plan or a total of 15,348 landmines and UXOs destroyed.
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Unexploded ordnances (UXOs) were found on May 24 in Choam Ksan commune’s Choam Ksan village in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district. Police
Farmer finds 100 UXO units in Preah Vihear
Tue, 25 May 2021
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) destroyed 100 units of six different kinds of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on May 24 after a man found them while ploughing land in Choam Ksan commune’s Choam Ksan village in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district.
Commune police chief Tun Tin said on May 24 that 100 units were found in total.
“CMAC took them away for destruction this morning. They can explode if they are pounded on or struck hard enough,” he said.
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More than 100 units of unexploded ordnances (UXO) were found by villagers in two districts and handed over to the Battambang provincial authorities for further action. Police
Over 100 UXO units discovered in Battambang
Sat, 1 May 2021
More than 100 units of unexploded ordnances (UXO) were found by villagers in two districts and handed over to the Battambang provincial authorities for further action.
In Koas Krala district, police chief Pang Hieng said on April 30 that a farmer in Chhnal Moan commune s Prey Toteung village found the UXO at two different locations while ploughing his farmland and then reported it to local authorities.
“At both locations, there were 94 UXO units, around 70 per cent of which have degraded as they are remnants of war,” Hieng said.
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Two killed in separate UXO explosions in Tbong Khmum, Oddar Meanchey
Fri, 23 April 2021
Two people died and two others sustained serious injuries in separate incidents in Tbong Khnum and Oddar Meanchey provinces after unexploded ordnance (UXO) leftover from the war exploded on April 21.
Director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) Heng Ratana said on April 22 that at noon on April 21 in Trapeang Pring commune’s Trapeang Pring village in Tbong Khmum province’s Dombae district, a 78-year-old man named Be Kuoy and his two companions picked up the UXO.
He said that while they were tampering with the bomb, it exploded, seriously injuring the three of them. Relatives rushed them to a provincial hospital. But because of serious injuries,12-year-old Poeurn Pov died on the way to hospital. A 29-year-old man named Muth Samnang sustained a serious injury to his right hand and was rushed to hospital in Kampong Cham province. Kuoy sustained a minor injury, so he was