Ream Naval Base Hosts Contested Shooting Range
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Ream Naval Base Hosts Contested Shooting Range
Interesting article:
July 24, 2019
Shooting range splits officials
The Cambodian Gun Club is advertised as “the greatest authentic military experience on earth”, but the site is also a battleground for navy and environment officials who claim jurisdiction over the area.
Ream National Park, Preah Sihanouk province – In Ream National Park, tourists and locals alike arrive via tuk-tuks and cars at a compound where there is a restaurant.
One would think that visitors come here to taste local delicacies, but the sound of gunfire makes it obvious that the compound is a shooting range.
After Ream National Park was established, the Environment Ministry was given a portion of it, while the Ream Naval Base received the other. The Cambodian Gun Club is located along a road in an area contested by both entities.
Environment officials say the establishment of the CGC is a violation of the law because it raises environmental and safety concerns, which were dismissed by navy commanders.
One provincial police official who requested anonymity says the concerns are about illegal land clearance and weapons being taken out of the range.
According to an environment official who also requested anonymity, CGC was built in an area managed by the environment officials, not the navy.
“[The shooting range] began operation in recent years. We acted to prevent the club from being built because it was going to encroach land in a protected area,” the environment officials says. “They stopped temporarily, and we reported to the Environment Ministry, but they resumed construction. When you visit the area [today], you’ll see how it looks.”
“The business belongs to the navy, most of my officials are treated like a threat by them,” he says. “Before, there weren’t many cases of land encroachment, but since the price of land went up, the problem started.”
“We are facing many challenges, we are facing off with powerful people and armed soldiers,” he adds. “Sometimes, when we patrol areas, we face potential legal action and violence.”
Full article: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50626701/s ... officials/
July 24, 2019
Shooting range splits officials
The Cambodian Gun Club is advertised as “the greatest authentic military experience on earth”, but the site is also a battleground for navy and environment officials who claim jurisdiction over the area.
Ream National Park, Preah Sihanouk province – In Ream National Park, tourists and locals alike arrive via tuk-tuks and cars at a compound where there is a restaurant.
One would think that visitors come here to taste local delicacies, but the sound of gunfire makes it obvious that the compound is a shooting range.
After Ream National Park was established, the Environment Ministry was given a portion of it, while the Ream Naval Base received the other. The Cambodian Gun Club is located along a road in an area contested by both entities.
Environment officials say the establishment of the CGC is a violation of the law because it raises environmental and safety concerns, which were dismissed by navy commanders.
One provincial police official who requested anonymity says the concerns are about illegal land clearance and weapons being taken out of the range.
According to an environment official who also requested anonymity, CGC was built in an area managed by the environment officials, not the navy.
“[The shooting range] began operation in recent years. We acted to prevent the club from being built because it was going to encroach land in a protected area,” the environment officials says. “They stopped temporarily, and we reported to the Environment Ministry, but they resumed construction. When you visit the area [today], you’ll see how it looks.”
“The business belongs to the navy, most of my officials are treated like a threat by them,” he says. “Before, there weren’t many cases of land encroachment, but since the price of land went up, the problem started.”
“We are facing many challenges, we are facing off with powerful people and armed soldiers,” he adds. “Sometimes, when we patrol areas, we face potential legal action and violence.”
Full article: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50626701/s ... officials/
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Re: Ream Naval Base Hosts Contested Shooting Range
I heard there was a ****ese torpedo firing range around Ream too.
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Re: Ream Naval Base Hosts Contested Shooting Range
Wait and see. Rumours appear to abound.SternAAlbifrons wrote:I heard there was a ****ese torpedo firing range around Ream too.
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Re: Ream Naval Base Hosts Contested Shooting Range
It will probably be in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomburg tomorrow.Barang chgout wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:16 pm
Wait and see. Rumours appear to abound.
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Re: Ream Naval Base Hosts Contested Shooting Range
Wasn’t there a barang involved in this, like from the start?
He got jumped by “Russians” a few years back?
Joel?
He probably got out.
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He got jumped by “Russians” a few years back?
Joel?
He probably got out.
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Don’t listen to Chinese whispers.
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Re: Ream Naval Base Hosts Contested Shooting Range
Joel's still around, in S.R. now i think.
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