Army cadet dies during parachute training jump.

[CEOCambodiaNews]

Friday, 06 January 2017
Army cadet dies in parachute accident
An army cadet who was a student at the Army Institute died on Friday during parachute training in Kampong Speu province, an official said.

National Defense Ministry spokesman General Chhum Socheat said the cadet plunged to the ground and died during a training jump from a helicopter.
“The reason he died is that the parachute failed to open,” Gen. Socheat said, and asked that the cadet’s name could not be revealed until relatives had been contacted.

He added that the ministry will investigate the causes behind the death.
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Name and photos of the deceased have since been published in Khmer media.

The deceased was identified as Lees Komry, a Cham living in Kampot province. The accident took place on the morning of 6 January 2017.
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