Everyday there are hundreds of illegal Khmer workers in Thailand have been detained and sent back to Cambodia. A statement from border authority confirmed that the number of illegal workers range from 300 to 800. Those workers use international entry at Poi Pet and other entries along the Cambodia-Thailand border to enter Thailand with the cost of 50 to 100 baht. To get a job in Thailand they have to pay 2000 to 3000 baht to a job finder. Most workers were able to work from 5 to 12 months before they were detained and sent back. Some were lucky to save a few hundred baht but many who worked for a cruel Thai boss would not received any wages and have to return home with empty handed. (Source: Koh Santepheap Daily, November 13, 2006)24 Nov 2006
By Lim Pisith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Thai authority had not yet released 110 Cambodians arrested for illegally crossing the border to work in Thailand even though the Cambodian consul in Sakaew has intervened in the case.
Chea Borat, the Cambodian consul in Sakeaw, Thailand, told RFA by phone on 24 Nov that he had met with Surakul Songtak Sirikul, the Thai governor of Sakeaw province, to discuss and request the Thai authority to release the 110 Cambodians detained. Chea Borat said that the Thai governor had agreed to release these Cambodians: “I personally met the Sakeaw governor, and I provided him with the documents for the 110 people.”
Nevertheless, Chea Borat said that there is not timetable for the release of the Cambodian people. He claimed that the Thai authority did not tell him about any actual schedule for the release.
110 Cambodians, including 91 men and 19 women, were arrested by the Thai joint forces between 14 and 16 Nov at their work as construction laborers in Rong Klua market. The 110 people were sent to the Sakeaw province detention center, in Isan, Thailand.
Sok Saret, the Banteay Meanchey deputy provincial governor, said that he will push for the release of the Cambodians detained through the Cambodian consul in Sakeaw province. He said that he was puzzled that the Thai authority did not respect the discussions and the consultations which have been organized on many occasions already.
Sok Saret said: “In 6-7 July 2006, in Phuket province, Thailand, [it was stressed that] it is important to have a legal passport or border pass. And also arrangements have been made [by the Thai and Cambodian authorities] to facilitate the [border] passage by travelers. But, the border crossing into Thailand is very difficult [for Cambodians], whereas when the Thai cross the border in Cambodia, it is very easy for them to get into Cambodia.”
Thailand and Cambodia have met each other 11 times already to discuss [border crossing]. The latest meeting was held in Siem Reap between 28-30 August 2006, between the 1st Thai army division and the Cambodian 5th army division.
According to a Cambodian immigration official, between 100 and 200 Cambodian citizens are arrested each day in various provinces of Thailand along the border between the two countries. These Cambodian citizens are usually transported back to Cambodia through Sakeaw province and handed over to the Poipet international gate.
Chea Borat, the Cambodian consul in Sakeaw, Thailand, told RFA by phone on 24 Nov that he had met with Surakul Songtak Sirikul, the Thai governor of Sakeaw province, to discuss and request the Thai authority to release the 110 Cambodians detained. Chea Borat said that the Thai governor had agreed to release these Cambodians: “I personally met the Sakeaw governor, and I provided him with the documents for the 110 people.”
Nevertheless, Chea Borat said that there is not timetable for the release of the Cambodian people. He claimed that the Thai authority did not tell him about any actual schedule for the release.
110 Cambodians, including 91 men and 19 women, were arrested by the Thai joint forces between 14 and 16 Nov at their work as construction laborers in Rong Klua market. The 110 people were sent to the Sakeaw province detention center, in Isan, Thailand.
Sok Saret, the Banteay Meanchey deputy provincial governor, said that he will push for the release of the Cambodians detained through the Cambodian consul in Sakeaw province. He said that he was puzzled that the Thai authority did not respect the discussions and the consultations which have been organized on many occasions already.
Sok Saret said: “In 6-7 July 2006, in Phuket province, Thailand, [it was stressed that] it is important to have a legal passport or border pass. And also arrangements have been made [by the Thai and Cambodian authorities] to facilitate the [border] passage by travelers. But, the border crossing into Thailand is very difficult [for Cambodians], whereas when the Thai cross the border in Cambodia, it is very easy for them to get into Cambodia.”
Thailand and Cambodia have met each other 11 times already to discuss [border crossing]. The latest meeting was held in Siem Reap between 28-30 August 2006, between the 1st Thai army division and the Cambodian 5th army division.
According to a Cambodian immigration official, between 100 and 200 Cambodian citizens are arrested each day in various provinces of Thailand along the border between the two countries. These Cambodian citizens are usually transported back to Cambodia through Sakeaw province and handed over to the Poipet international gate.
1 comment:
Oh God! Just looking at the photo of the Cambodian people walking across the border really break my heart!
These Cambodian people are poor, dirty, and helpless and why would the fucken Thai locked them up for?
Buddhist teaching had taught the fucken Thai well of how to take advantage over poor, dirty, and helpless people!
I swear to God, if I have a million army and I would enter Thailand tommorrow to teach the fucken Thai Buddhists a fucken lesson!
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