Thik Kaliyann

Siem Reap

A Russian-made anti-personnel mine was found less than 100 metres away from the ticket booths of the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Riep province yesterday, though authorities said it posed no threat to the public.

According to Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) director-general Heng Ratana, the Soviet OZM-4 mine is a war relic from the 1980s that lacked the ability to detonate in the state it was found.

“It could not explode unless we attached a strong wire tether to the small lifting charge of the mine and then someone stepped on the wire,” he said yesterday.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mine-found-near-angkor-wat

That's the bigest bullshit i read for a long time ...looks lke an april joke but unfortunately dead serious... if thailand is a mess what to say about the neighbours

The whole area around Siem Reap was the last hold out for the khmer rouge, the volume of munitions in the ground was extensive and the subject of years of attempted removal by mine clearing agencies etc. That one aged mine should be found is amazing, the question is, how long will it take to find the hundreds that remain.