Penang art exhibition highlights landmine and cluster munition toll in Southeast Asia

An international photography and art exhibition on the human cost of unexploded ordnance opened at the Lin Xiang Xiong Art Gallery in Gelugor, Penang, on Sept 10. ICBL-CMC director Tamar Gabelnick said Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam still suffer civilian deaths and injuries from cluster bombs and landmines dropped decades ago. Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo cited Malaysia's ratification of the Ottawa Convention.