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Phnom Penh - Cambodian troops on the border with Thailand had been prohibited alcohol during a border dispute surrounding an 11th century temple, officials and local media said Saturday.
Officials said alcohol had been banned at the Preah Vihear temple, around 300 kilometres north of the capital, for nearly a week, but that ban would stay in place until tensions ease.
A national ban on alcohol is in place over the weekend owing to national elections, but officials said that had nothing to do with the temple ban and that the temple ban was indefinite.
'We can't drink. There is no rice wine for sale, this is true,' an officer at the border who declined to be named said by telephone. 'The government ordered no mistakes or problems.'
The Cambodian government has said it does not want problems or accidental gun fire during the elections, due Sunday, nor during scheduled bilateral talks with Thailand scheduled Monday, fearing it could escalate tensions which began with a Thai troop buildup over the temple grounds a fortnight earlier.
Officials said alcohol had been banned at the Preah Vihear temple, around 300 kilometres north of the capital, for nearly a week, but that ban would stay in place until tensions ease.
A national ban on alcohol is in place over the weekend owing to national elections, but officials said that had nothing to do with the temple ban and that the temple ban was indefinite.
'We can't drink. There is no rice wine for sale, this is true,' an officer at the border who declined to be named said by telephone. 'The government ordered no mistakes or problems.'
The Cambodian government has said it does not want problems or accidental gun fire during the elections, due Sunday, nor during scheduled bilateral talks with Thailand scheduled Monday, fearing it could escalate tensions which began with a Thai troop buildup over the temple grounds a fortnight earlier.
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No alcoholic for troop that's good in that way their concentration... is war.
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