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| Kim Samnang, a border police officer who lost his right forearm to what he described as a cluster munition, recovers from his injuries at Siem Reap Provincial Hospital last week. (All Photos by: Hurley Scroggins) |
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| A soldier digs for remnants of exploded cluster bombs. |
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| A military official shows where a cluster bomb exploded. |
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| An unexploded cluster bomblet. |
Monday, 21 February 2011
Hurley Scroggins
The Phnom Penh Post
Preah Vihear province
Life has not yet returned to normal in Svay Chrum village, four kilometers south of the front lines in Preah Vihear, more than two weeks after it was shelled by the Thai army.
Buildings lie empty, while abandoned bicycles and clothes hanging on fences are testament to the hasty departure of the village’s residents.
“There were 250 families in this area; now there are five,” said Rany, a shopkeeper, who returned to the village two days after her home was nearly hit by artillery on February 7.
“We are the risk-takers, the people who have property to protect. I hear from the camps that [villagers] all want to come back, but they are still afraid of the situation here,” she said, referring to the thousands of residents who fled the area during and in the aftermath of the fighting.
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