Parish outs technician 1 team from the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the UN begins inspection of 12 US bombs in the province Mondulkiri to identify its chemical properties.
Four experts from the UN’s Chemical Weapons Organization (OPCW), along with Cambodian officials, have launched their mission. Yesterday in the US bombing of Mondulkiri, Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng province. According to Chey Son, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the National Defense Chemicals Protection Authority of the Ministry of National Defense.
The team arrived in Mondulkiri on Tuesday, and Wednesday morning went down to inspect the entire bomb. 12 in Andoung Krolong village and Pouhim village in Sen Monorom commune, Oreang district.
“The 12 are the new findings,” Chey Sorn said. Of these, two containers have not yet been detonated. In both chemical and amphetamine tablets,
He added that the OPCW team also brought their equipment to carry out bomb and liquid detection. In these bombs are clear. “It’s supposed to be a [substance],” he said. They take a little substance into experiment and in front of us we will talk. “
He added that the substance contained in the bomb would also be available for overseas experiments.
According to the plan, a team of experts will continue to monitor other bombs in Tbong Khmum on Thursday and Friday and Saturday will Continue to Svay Rieng Province. On December 17th, the team will summarize the results of work in Phnom Penh.
The US bomb, the Vietnam War, has created a controversy between the Cambodian and US governments. Including Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior officials claim that the bomb discovered in Svay Rieng earlier this year is Chemical bombs that have been causing health problems to local people, such as dermatopathy and children, are caused by abnormalities. Original.
However, the US embassy in Cambodia contended that the bomb had only normal tear gas Seriously.
Bunthan Indigenous Peasant, Yot Chanthan, 56, a second deputy in Sen Monorom commune, said that In his plot there were 4 to 5 bombs he found when clearing the forest at a distance of about 6 Kilometers from the border in the late 1980s. But now, the containers have been cleared.
Chan Thorn, who was shot dead in 1974, claimed that when he first saw, he did not know it was No bombs. He took the stick and found the powder yellow, which made him hot in the face. But it does not pose a serious risk.
“I wonder what the buckets are? I got some sticky sticks, and there was flour. Suddenly, the vapor filled his eyes with full of irritation, but did not cause death. I do not know. “
He said that about two or three days later, he disappeared from his face, and since then he has dared to go closer That barrel.
Mr. Chanthan knew that the bomb was a US drop-down, and the powder contained chemicals that just kept his eyes closed. Such a face. But he did not know what kind of chemicals it was.
He claimed that, besides, he had never heard of any other villagers who had encountered such problems No.
Sen Monorom governor Kuan Tral also said that in the past, a villager had been carrying unexploded ordnance to the ground Causing a deadly explosion and one brother. Since then, local people have dared to pick up more and they reported to the authorities when they saw the ammunition Any blast.
