Phnom Penh - The Cambodian navy rescued two Thai nationals and five Cambodians after they jumped from a fishing boat alleging they had been forced to work 24 hours a day with no pay since July, police said Tuesday.
Sam Saroeun, the immigration chief of the port city of Sihanoukville, 240 kilometers from the capital, said the men claimed they would rather drown than be slaves any longer and jumped ship from the unidentified vessel Sunday.
'They saw land and they jumped,' he said.
The five Cambodians came from various provinces, but police did not know what areas the Thais had originated from, Sarouen said.
'The Thais were escorted back to the Thai border so they could go home,' he said by telephone. 'All of the rescued men were very weak.'
Cambodian authorities said they were investigating the incident, but warned Khmers that they made themselves vulnerable to abuse, kidnap and trafficking if they entered neighbouring countries illegally searching for work.
Sam Saroeun, the immigration chief of the port city of Sihanoukville, 240 kilometers from the capital, said the men claimed they would rather drown than be slaves any longer and jumped ship from the unidentified vessel Sunday.
'They saw land and they jumped,' he said.
The five Cambodians came from various provinces, but police did not know what areas the Thais had originated from, Sarouen said.
'The Thais were escorted back to the Thai border so they could go home,' he said by telephone. 'All of the rescued men were very weak.'
Cambodian authorities said they were investigating the incident, but warned Khmers that they made themselves vulnerable to abuse, kidnap and trafficking if they entered neighbouring countries illegally searching for work.
10 comments:
Cambodia and Thailand must worked bilaterally to end all abuses by jointly developing Preah Vihear and beyond to create legitimate works for everyone. We can't no longer afford to let our temple continued to collect dust and rotten away without getting some use from it.
You mother fucker 1:03am. Are you fucking crazy or what? Preah Vihear belongs to Cambodia and there is no need to develop the temple with fucking Thailand. You must remember that all thais have Khmer blood in their bodies, you fucking idiot!
No Cambodian people including the Thaicong want to work as slave but here in Cambodia AH HUN SEN mother fucker is paying Cambodian population to work as slave!
I like to see AH HUN SEN paying his wife and his children to work as slave!
To 1:03AM
What belong to Cambodia will belong to Cambodia and what belong to the Thaicong will belong to the Thaicong and that is the end of the story!
The fucken Thaicong are itching to create enemies from all country that surround Thailame! Believe it or the Thailame is not the center of the Universe!
No way, 3:44, Cambodia is just a label for a piece of land; it did not build the temple, only people can build the temp, and they are Khmer-Thai.
THE WORLD COURT RULED PREAH VIHEAR BELONGS TO CAMBODIA IN 1962. WHAT IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM? HOW DARE YOU (THAI) DISOBEYED THE WORLD COURT! WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
SHUT IT DOWN PERMANENTLY. THIS WAY, THE THAI CAN'T USE IT. THUS, IT ALSO HELP PRESERVE THE TEMPLE FROM DETERIORATIONS. MAKE IT EXTERIOR AND AIRIAL VIEWS ONLY! ANYONE DISAGREE?
To 5:48AM
Without the Thaicong involvement and the Khmer Phrea Vihear temple would still be there! Lockdown the whole place from the Thaicong and move on with the development!
Cambodia doesn't need to spend usless energy with the stupid Thaicong leaders any longer!
The only way to gain full victory over the Thaicong blind ambition is to fully develop the whole Phrea Vihear area with 5 star hotels, connecting roads and highways, and encouraging more commercial and residental development to choke off any Thaicong entries into Phrea Vihear!
Talk, Talk, and more Talk is nonsense and now it is for the Cambodian government to do something!
IT's a mistake to let the abusive Thais go. That is not a thorough job of the Cambodian naval officials.
I don't understand why is/are the khmers in thailand keep call themself khmer-thai,are they on drug or the thai authority had brain wash them?? khmer is khmer and thai is thai.Calling yourself khmer thai is like calling friend-enemy,there is no such word.Khmer can not go with thai,it's like friend can not go with the enemy.The two words just can't be together.Maybe those khmer in thailand love to be the minority on their own land or are they love to be treated as a second class citizen by the thai.REMEMBER MY DEAR KHMER IN THAILAND 90% OF THE THAI PEOPLE USED TO BE KHMER UNTILL A HANDFULL OF THAI FROM CHINA COME OVER AND BRAIN WASH THEM TO BETRAY OUR GREAT KING OF KHMER EMPIRE AND REVOLT AGAIN THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT/OR THE KHMER KING THRONE SO THEY(THAI FROM CHINA)CAN CREATE THEIR OWN KINGDOM AND RULE THOSE KHMER WHO SIDE WITH THEM.THEY ALSO FORCED THE KHMER TO CHANGE THEIR NATIVE LANGAUGE AND CLAIMED KHMER CULTURE,TRADITION AND LITERATURE AS THEIR OWN.HOWEVER;THOSE KHMER ARE STILL KHMER BY BLOOD.THEY JUST COULD NO LONGER SPEAK KHMER,READ KHMER AND THEY'RE UNDER THAI/SAMESE RULE.SO WHO ARE THE THAI?? AND WHO ARE THE KHMER IN THAILAND???THE ANSWER IS WHO EVER IS RICH AND THE RULER OF THE PEOPLE ARE THAIS AND WHO EVER ARE THE POOR OR THE FARMER ARE THE KHMERS.PLEASE DON'T HELP THE THAI TO GAIN ANYMORE OF OUR KHMER LAND.
KHMER WILL STAND AND FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN AND TILL HIS LAST BREATHE TO DEFEND OUR NATION AND PEOPLE.
A fucker mother A Siam you idiot should be return hold Thailand give back to Cambodia, the Siam is be long Cambodia land, you're no land when you are excaped from CHINA may years ago a idiot siam. from the real Khmer
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