Questions Raised Over Quarry Crackdown

18 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Ministries and other national bodies
Air Force / Ee Sarom / Long Dimanche / Pa Socheatvong / Phnom Penh City Hall / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Sahmakum Teang Tnaut

The Phnom Penh municipal government issued a warning to those operating unlicensed sand quarries after a military helicopter plunged into one killing four people on Monday, but some questioned City Hall’s motives and commitment. The statement, dated Tuesday and signed by Governor Pa Socheatvong, came a day after one of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ (RCAF) new Chinese-made Z-9 military helicopters crashed into a flooded quarry in Phnom Penh’s outskirts. Four soldiers on board the chopper died, including Air Force deputy commander Brigadier General Ieng Channarith, who headed the military’s helicopter training school. …

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