Svay Rieng: More than 800 villagers in Koki commune have been evacuated from their homes for about 1 km to prevent them from escaping. The accident, while the CMA and Chemical Weapons Workers are starting to spot two chemical weapons bombs yesterday.
Residents of Korki Village, Trapeang Sdong Village in Koki Commune, Romeas Haek District, Russei Keo District, Propose 856 Evacuated Houses Yesterday, before experts from the CMAC and the Defense Ministry’s chemical weapons authority dug the two chemical bombs. 2 balls in the pagoda and Primary oaks. According to Tin Ploova, deputy governor of Svay Rieng province and chairman of the committee responsible for coordinating the release of chemical bombs recently generated. Yesterday.
“They had to be evacuated 1500 meters from where the bombing operations were,” he said. According to the chemical weapons team, there is no problem in that distance. No need for him to leave home. “
Police say the evacuation site is on private land, and the authorities have also organized a workshop for them. Temporary Residents Prepare toilets, Lunch and Clean Water.
Pollo also said the operation would take at least three days, and long since Week to 10 days according to the actual situation.
Both bombs were reported by officials of CMAC and chemical weapons units in January 2017 in the compound. Primary School and Wat Koki in Koki Village, Koki Commune, Romeas Haek District. The CS-containing bomb was part of the Vietnam War leftovers that the US left behind.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has publicly declared the US to take the bullet. But without the hope that the US government will come, then Cambodia will begin to disassociate itself.
Also yesterday, Svay Rieng authorities issued a decision to set up a Joint Commission for the Freezing of Chemical Weapons in That Koki village.
The commission is tasked with coordinating and cooperating with the National Authority for Chemical Weights and CMAC and disseminating extensive information on the operation of chemical weapons To people to reduce their fears and concerns.
In addition, the commission also defends the location of the ammunition and informs citizens, monks and students not to fear the impact. During the operation.
Srey Hourun, a 65-year-old woman, said they had left the house because of fear of a health problem. There was an explosion during the operation.
He said: “I am old. Tung is worried about health effects because it is afraid of the explosion of powder if the explosion of the bomb will cause impact To the body, such as pimples, respiratory diseases, and eyes. “
However, Richard Guthrie, a chemical weapons expert, claimed that the CS weapon was not a “real weapons” There is no evidence that it causes cancer.
In addition, Dan Kaszeta, a security expert on chemical weapons, biology, radiation and nuclear missions, also said The long-term effect of CS is that it has only a direct, long-term exposure to the substance. It is not the type of absorbed substance.
Kadh, deputy secretary-general of the National Defense Chemicals Protection Authority of the Ministry of National Defense, said that he had previously known that the bomb had Only explosive chemicals. But never say what it is because it is not yet found.
“I have never said what kind of chemical weapons it is,” he said. If that’s the case. Besides that, I have not dared yet. “
He added that excavation operations were ongoing with CMAC.
CMAC CEO Heng Ratana was unable to comment until late yesterday, but CMAC’s Facebook Writing from the morning of October 3, CMAC has begun operating on the site of chemical weapons Buried in the pit.
