P03258.238 Accession Number: P03258.238

Description

A United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) road block in the Thmar Puok district manned by representatives of three of Cambodia's political factions (from left to right): National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (NADK - the military arm of the Khmer Rouge), State of Cambodia police (SOC) and the National Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC - the royalist party led by Prince Norodom Ranariddh). Two seats have been set up in front of the barbed wire roadblock, behind which have been placed some plastic water bottles. The SOC policeman is recognisable by the round police badge prominently displayed on his left breast pocket. The small gold kangaroo stick pin on his collar was given out by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to Cambodian police of any faction who completed a training course which included a human rights component. He is the best equipped of the three - note the choice and state of the shoes worn by the other two. In the far distance, a marine from the 1st Marine Battalion of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (RNLMC), which often conducted joint patrols with Cambodian police, controls the roadblock from the other end as a group of villagers cycle away. A red and white mine warning notice in Khmer and English has been erected just to the left of the road between the two checkpoints. For another view of this checkpoint taken from the other end, see P03258.226.

Details

Conflicts

• Period 1990-1999
• Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993