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Some 300 Thai workers near Thai-Cambodian borders stopped working and returned to Thailand Friday morning as the disputed Preah Vihear temple issue became more volatile.
The workers for Ch Karnchang construction firm left their heavy and light weight construction tools worth an estimate Bt100 million and crossed back to the Thai side of the border from Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province Friday as fear increased about possible violence stemming from the disputed temple.
On the same morning, some 2,000 Cambodian troops were deployed at strategic areas along the border claiming to be protecting tourists, local residents and traders.
-------UPDATE on Fri, July 18, 2008
Thai workers suspend works following military stand off at temple
Some 300 Thai workers working near Thai-Cambodian borders suspend their work and return to Thailand Friday morning pending the situaiton following military stand off at the Preah Vihear temple.
Meanwhile, some 2,000 Cambodian troops were dispatched to the area near the boder to tighten security. The deployment resulted in more quiet border businesses.
The workers for Ch. Karnchang construction firm left their heavy and light weight construction equipment worth an estimate Bt100 million and crossed back to the Thai side of the border from Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province yesterday as fear increased about possible violence stemming from the disputed temple.
On the same morning, another 2,000 Cambodian troops were deployed at strategic areas along the border claiming to be protecting tourists, local residents and traders.
Hattachai Pengchaem, Deputy Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce for Foreign Affairs said trading along the border between the two nations have suffered over the past three days now.
He advised Thai tourists not to talk about the issue of the disputed temple with Cambodians for their own safety. Hattachai added however that he believes that there will be no violent clashes between the two nations as governments from both sides believe that the current tension is a result of domestic political scheme in Thailand.
The workers for Ch Karnchang construction firm left their heavy and light weight construction tools worth an estimate Bt100 million and crossed back to the Thai side of the border from Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province Friday as fear increased about possible violence stemming from the disputed temple.
On the same morning, some 2,000 Cambodian troops were deployed at strategic areas along the border claiming to be protecting tourists, local residents and traders.
-------UPDATE on Fri, July 18, 2008
Thai workers suspend works following military stand off at temple
Some 300 Thai workers working near Thai-Cambodian borders suspend their work and return to Thailand Friday morning pending the situaiton following military stand off at the Preah Vihear temple.
Meanwhile, some 2,000 Cambodian troops were dispatched to the area near the boder to tighten security. The deployment resulted in more quiet border businesses.
The workers for Ch. Karnchang construction firm left their heavy and light weight construction equipment worth an estimate Bt100 million and crossed back to the Thai side of the border from Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province yesterday as fear increased about possible violence stemming from the disputed temple.
On the same morning, another 2,000 Cambodian troops were deployed at strategic areas along the border claiming to be protecting tourists, local residents and traders.
Hattachai Pengchaem, Deputy Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce for Foreign Affairs said trading along the border between the two nations have suffered over the past three days now.
He advised Thai tourists not to talk about the issue of the disputed temple with Cambodians for their own safety. Hattachai added however that he believes that there will be no violent clashes between the two nations as governments from both sides believe that the current tension is a result of domestic political scheme in Thailand.
12 comments:
About time we show them we mean business.
Hun Sen now is the time to ask your viet friends to pay their dues.Nothing comes for gree you know.
Don't ask the Vietcong for any help. This is how we loose our land and national pride. We run to one or the other and we end loosing to both at the end. Like you said, nothing comes for free.
We Khmer stick together and we can take care and protect ourselves. Only when we are greedy and does not respect one another when we allow other top take advatnage us. Let break this cycle and we will prosper together.
United we stand and divided we die!
Pathetic Khmers always ask for help even from Vietcong, who killed you for years. LOL
Where's your dignity? Oh I fogot, you've got none.
9:31
Thai or not . You are an idiot!
Don't you know what the meaning of irony? I was being ironic.
Typical thai simpleton. lurking in the background ready to steal.
Thai DOG! maybe now you understand!
Don't waste time on these stupid thai dogs.
9:41PM
You're being ironic. But I meant what I said. Khmers are pathetic race. They are helpless and ungrateful. Their attitudes to the World are always negative.
As I said, where's your dignity?
Go get a life and do it own your own. Stop begging other people around.
in the worst case scenario if we have to beg other people, we have humble ourselves to humiliation. But in doing this we have not violate our Buddhist principles of humiliation.
On the other hand, people who bypass this and go on ahead to steal other people's stuff not only violate the Buddhist moral principle but are the most undignified and disgraceful race on Earth.
They are called Thailand.
10:28
Well said sir.
Please ignore the heckler, he gets satisfaction if we even acknowledge his goading.
Being humble is fine. But don't confuse yourself the true meaning of being humble and exploiting others in form of beggars.
And it seems to me that the people of Scambodia are so prompt to appeal for help from others right away, not even when they are in the worst case scenario.
You lazy Khmers please refrain from quoting the Buddhist principles falsely.
Oh come on crap 10:53PM. Who are you kidding with?
I don't side with Khmers but to see you address them as they are lazy, and how would you say to Thais who sold daughters to be servants or prostitutes?
Why don't you get to the point instead of being a fool?
Most real Thai people I met are very poor in countryside, only the sino_thai are big guys.
Shame on you.
Yea go home we are kinda a tired of your limitless stupidities.
It is high time that we needed unity among our Cambodians from every corner of the world. Whether or not you like the government, but pls show supports, financially and spiritually, to Cambodian government to help our heroes at the borders who are under sunlight and rain days and nights to protect our motherland. It is not the right time to mock each other or to sow hatred, but rather start to plant sense of nationalsim and unity, at least for the time being.
Love
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