ANUKRET DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1996

ON THE REGIME FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT ARE SACRIFICED, DECEASED, KILLED THROUGH PROVOCATION, MISSING OR DISABLED

 

046-ANK-BK

 

The Royal Government,

·       having seen Kret dated September 24, 1993 on the appointment of the First Prime Minister and the Second Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia;

·       having seen Kret dated November 1, 1993 on the appointment of the Royal Government of Cambodia;

·       having seen Kram NS-RKM-0794-002 dated July 20, 1994 on the organization and functioning of the Council of Ministers;

·       having seen Kret NS-RKT-1094-083 dated October 24, 1994 on the modification of the composition of the Royal Government of Cambodia;

·       having seen Kret NS-RKT-1094-090 dated October 31, 1994 on the modification of the composition of the Royal Government of Cambodia;

·       having seen Kram NS-RKM-1094-007 dated October 28, 1994 on the Regime of Retirement and Disability Pensions of RCAF Personnel;

upon the proposal of the Minister of Defense;

the Council of Ministers having heard;

decides:

 

Article 1:

Military personnel of both sexes shall be considered sacrificed, dead, a suicide, or missing in the following circumstances:

(a) A sacrificed member of the military is a member of the military that is deceased after having received a combat order, participated in combat, served in combat, participated in highly dangerous training, participated in dangerous missions or is a victim of a natural disasters, in high risk regions and a natural disaster, in a region found to be dangerous.

This category A is subdivided into 4 degrees:

·       1st degree: loss of work capacity above …80%

·       2nd degree: ...........................................… 60%

·       3rd degree: ............................................… 40%

·       4th degree: ............................................… 20%

A disabled person in Category (A) deceased following reactivation for an injury certified by a State hospital will be considered sacrificed.

A disabled person in Category (A) having received a supplementary injury by participating in combat or by undertaking regular work shall be reclassified.

A disabled person in Category (B) is a member of the military not mortally wounded, but rendered disabled in the undertaking a normal mission when confronted with danger. This category of disability is subdivided into 3 degrees:

·       1st degree: loss of work capacity above…..   80%

·       2nd degree: .................................................. 60%

·       3rd degree: ................................................... 40%

A disabled member of the military in Category (B) deceased following reactivation from the injury and receiving an attestation from a State hospital shall be considered as a deceased member of the military.

A disabled member of the military in Category (B) having received supplementary injuries by participating in combat, directly or indirectly, shall be considered as a disabled member of the military in Category (A).

(b) A deceased member of the military shall be a member of the military that has received an order to undertake a mission in normal regions, and became a victim of danger and then becomes deceased because of the undertaking of such mission or because of an illness.

(c) The disabled shall be military personnel that become deceased by suicide or by a danger caused by themselves, directly or indirectly, by breaking the law, discipline or an order.

(d) The missing shall be the military personnel that shall receive an order to go into combat, participate in combat, participate in special training or carry out a highly dangerous mission and disappear without one being able to conclude whether they are dead or alive, deserters, captured or prisoners held by the enemy.

Article 2:

Military personnel of both sexes are considered disabled in the following circumstances: disability resulting in the loss of one or several organs; one distinguishes 2 categories of disabled persons: a Category (A) and Category (B). A disabled person in Category (A) shall be a member of the military having received a non-mortal but disabling injury. The injury is caused by participation in combat, highly specialized training or to a highly dangerous mission.

Article 3:

Classification in a disabled category shall be undertaken through an application committee of the Ministry of Defense that shall be established by an inter-ministerial prakas and that shall be composed of:

·       the Ministry of Defense

·       the Ministry of Health

·       the Ministry of Social Action and Veterans Affairs.

Article 4:

Military personnel of both sexes described in Article 1 shall be paid as follows:

(a) Military personnel sacrificed:

·       Allocation of a sum equal to 9 months of the last salary of the member of the military concerned, to his/her family or to the unit responsible for organizing the funerals of the deceased,

·       A one-time allocation to the entire family of the deceased of a sum equal to 15 months of his/her last salary.

·       Monthly financial assistance to the family, husband or wife, natural children, father, and mother of the deceased following the decision of the government.

(b) Military personnel deceased:

·       Allocation of a sum equal to 7 months of the last salary of the member of the military concerned, to his/her family or to the unit that is responsible for organizing the funerals of the deceased.

·       A one-time allocation to the entire family of the deceased of a sum equal to 12 months of his/her last salary.

·       Financial assistance to the husband or the wife, children, father, mother of the deceased military member following the decision of the government.

(c) Member of the military whose death has been provoked:

·       Allocation of a sum equal to 5 months of the last salary of the member of the military concerned, to his/her family or to the unit responsible for organizing the funerals of the deceased.

·       A one-time allocation to the entire family of the deceased of a sum equal to 12 months of the last salary of the member of the military whose death has been provoked.

(d) Missing military personnel:

·       Allocation to the family of the member of the military concerned of a sum equal to his/her last salary including the allocation of rice for 12 months effective the month and the year of his/her disappearance.

·       After 12 months of disappearance, the family of the member of the military shall receive assistance at the same level as that of the sacrificed member of the military except for the sum allocated for the funerals.

·       In the event that the missing person should reappear in the unit or the base, with respect to the 2 types of assistance mentioned above, the financial assistance shall be stopped as of the date of his/her reappearance.

Article 5:

Persons that are able to benefit from the assistance program for the sacrificed member of the military, deceased, whose death has been provoked or who has disappeared are the following:

·       The father, the mother or the guardian of the member of the military since his/her young age, in the event that the member of the military in question was single.

·       The husband or the wife of the member of the military whose union is certified by a marriage certificate and where he/she has not been remarried.

·       Natural children below the age of 18 of the member of the military producing a birth certificate, as well as those older 18 but producing a certificate of schooling certifying than they continue their schooling and that they are neither grant-holders nor disabled.

·       Parents or guardians not having more than one or two children having been sacrificed or killed, shall receive assistance accordingly to the number of children sacrificed or killed.

Article 6:

Military personnel of both sexes indicated in Article 2 shall receive the following assistance:

(a) For disabled military personnel with all 20 degrees of Category A:

1 - After having received medical assistance and to have been perfectly rehabilitated, the member of the member of the military shall receive a regime of convalescence whose duration shall follow the degree of the disability:

·       1st degree: authorized convalescence rest of ..... 90 days

·       2nd degree: .......................................................... 60 days

·       3rd degree: ...........................................................45 days

·       4th degree: ........................................................... 30 days

2 - Disabled military personnel that continue to work within the RCAF shall receive a monthly disability allocation that shall be calculated in accordance with the percentage of their monthly salary and the degree of the disability; such allocation shall be added to the salary of the person concerned.

·       1st degree shall receive an allocation equal to 45% of the last salary of the disabled member of the military.

·       2nd degree shall receive an allocation equal to 40% of the last salary of the disabled member of the military

·       3rd degree shall receive an allocation equal to 35% of the last salary of the disabled member of the military.

·       4th degree shall receive an allocation equal to 30% of the last salary of the disabled member of the military.

3 - Disabled military personnel that the Ministry of Defense has decided to remove from the bodies of the RCAF shall receive a regime of seniority assistance for a period not to exceed 12 months on the basis of a month per year. Disabled military personnel having served the RCAF for less than a year shall also receive a month of assistance.

4 - A disabled member of the military shall receive assistance for the first time of a sum equal to:

·       1st degree: 6 months of the last salary of the disabled military member.

·       - 2nd degree:       5 months ......................................................

·       3rd degree:         4 months .....................................................

·       4th degree:         3 months .....................................................

5 – He/She shall then benefit from a monthly salary that is equal to his/her last salary at the moment when the Ministry of Defense decided to remove him/her from the bodies of the RCAF, this salary shall also include an allowance for children of the disabled member of the military.

6 - The disabled member of the military of the 1st degree shall receive a personal servant. This servant shall serve the member of the military in question until the death of the latter. The servant shall receive a minimum wage of a member of the military of the 2nd class.

(b) For a disabled member of the military in Category B of all degrees:

1 - the disabled member of the military in Category B that the Ministry of Defense decides to remove from the bodies of the RCAF shall receive seniority assistance that does not exceed 8 months by taking into account the duration in the rank as indicated in the point 3 above.

2 - The disabled member of the military shall receive assistance relating to the degree of disability:

·       1st degree: sum equal to 90% of the last salary

·       2nd degree: sum equal to 80% of the last salary

·       3rd degree: sum equal to 70% of the last salary

Allowances for family and children shall be granted at the same level as that for disabled military personnel in Category A.

(c) Disabled military personnel in Category (A) and (B) of all degrees shall receive supplementary assistance:

1.     At each celebration of the Khmer New Year, Phachum Ben celebration, and celebration commemorating military personnel that have fallen on the fields of honor. Disabled military personnel shall benefit from assistance equal to the sum of assistance provided to other civil servants.

2.     When a disabled member of the military shall become ill or injured, or where an old injury is reactivated, the disabled member of the military shall receive free care in a State hospital until he/she has been completely rehabilitated.

3.     The disabled member of the military shall have an opportunity to work, professional training in the State center, gratuitously, and shall be taken care of by the Ministry of the Social Action and Veterans Affairs in view of obtaining work in line with the possibility and capacity of the member of the concerned military.

The wife of the member of the military shall receive, in addition, social security allowances at the same level as that for other female civil servants.

A disabled member of the military that continues to work until retirement shall be transferred to the retirement system.

Article 7:

All expenses for the assistance set forth in Articles 4 and 6 shall be assumed by the State budget. The Ministry of Defense shall assume responsibility for the following expenses:

·       expenses for funeral

·       expenses (initial only) for the assistance to families of military personnel sacrificed, deceased, or deceased through provocation.

·       expenses of convalescence rest for disabled military personnel.

·       expenses for seniority allowances of military personnel that are part of the process of removal of the bodies of the RCAF.

·       expenses for injury allowances of personnel that continue to work for the RCAF.

·       payment of 3 months of salary prior to the transfer of the member of the military to the Ministry of Social Action and Veterans Affairs while waiting for the creation of his file in this latter Ministry. The Ministry of the Social Action and Veterans Affairs shall then take over, with the exception of the assistance assumed by the Ministry of Defense.

Article 8:

The Co-Ministers of the Council of Ministers, Co-Ministers of Defense, the Minister of State, the Minister of Economy and Finance, the Minister of the Health, the Minister of Social Action and Veterans Affairs, all Ministries and institutions concerned shall be in charge of the implementation of this Anukret with effect from the date of its signature.

Article 9:

Any provisions contrary to the present Anukret are hereby revoked.

 

Phnom Penh, November 8, 1996

The First Prime Minister

Norodom Ranariddh

The Second Prime Minister

Hun Sen