Aki Ra
Aki Ra | |
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Aki Ra in 2006 | |
| Born | Eoun Yeak unknown (c. 1970) |
| Occupation(s) | Landmine campaigner, museum curator, director of all-Khmer de-mining NGO |
| Spouse |
Hourt (died 2009) |
| Children | 3 |
Aki Ra (sometimes written Akira, born c. 1970) is a former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier who works as a deminer and museum curator in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He has devoted his life to removing landmines in Cambodia and to caring for young landmine victims. Aki Ra states that since 1992 he has personally removed and destroyed as many as 50,000 landmines, and is the founder of the Cambodian Landmine Museum.