National police hand over 12,000 firearms to CMAC

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The National Police on Friday handed over almost 12,000 firearms left over from war to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre in Phnom Penh for destruction. Lieutenant General Sek Phoumi, National Police deputy chief, said during a ceremony on Friday that the handing over of weapons is part of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the National Police and CMAC on reducing mine risks and explosive remnants of war.

 

“The 11,915 inoperative weapons were kept in National Police warehouses at Prek Pra and are being handed over to the CMAC for destruction,” he said. “More weapons, still kept in provincial police stations, will soon be given to the CMAC.”

Heng Ratana, CMAC director-general, yesterday said that after the handover, his officials on Saturday transported all the firearms to CMAC’s headquarters.

 

“The firearms that the National Police handed over to CMAC included AK, CKC and M17 rifles, improvised arms and other types,” he said. Mr Ratana said that the authorities could not simply throw away the broken firearms, so CMAC will destroy them to prevent people from repairing them and using them for crimes.

 

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