BANGKOK (AFP)--A Thai soldier lost a leg after stepping on a landmine in a disputed area along the border with Cambodia, where tensions remain high following a deadly clash last year, the military said.
The incident came two days after Cambodian premier Hun Sen warned Thailand that it would face fighting if its troops crossed their disputed frontier, and a week after an alleged trespass by about 100 soldiers.
"One Thai soldier was wounded after he stepped on a mine while patrolling this morning in the disputed area. He lost his left leg and is being treated in hospital," deputy Thai army spokesman Colonel Sirichan Ngathong said.
"The situation there so far is normal."
Cambodian troops said they were on "high alert" after the incident.
The incident happened when a group of Thai soldiers crossed into a contested zone near an ancient temple close to the site of last year's gunbattle, they added.
"Thai troops entered about 50 meters into our territory and one of them stepped on a landmine. They then fired shots into the air," Yeim Kheang, a Cambodian soldier posted at the border, told AFP by telephone.
"This makes us on high alert and ready to fight," he said.
"The situation is okay now, but if they enter just one or two meters into our land again, we will open fire. We already got the order from the top," he added.
Tensions over the long-disputed territory flared in July last year after the 11th century Preah Vihear temple was granted United Nations world heritage status. Soldiers clashed in the area in October, leaving four troops dead.
Subsequent talks between Cambodia and Thailand have not resolved the dispute.
Hun Sen said on Tuesday that Cambodian forces had been ordered to "fight" if Thai troops again crossed the border. Thailand denies that its troops went over the frontier last week.
The border between the two countries has never been fully demarcated, in part because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
The incident came two days after Cambodian premier Hun Sen warned Thailand that it would face fighting if its troops crossed their disputed frontier, and a week after an alleged trespass by about 100 soldiers.
"One Thai soldier was wounded after he stepped on a mine while patrolling this morning in the disputed area. He lost his left leg and is being treated in hospital," deputy Thai army spokesman Colonel Sirichan Ngathong said.
"The situation there so far is normal."
Cambodian troops said they were on "high alert" after the incident.
The incident happened when a group of Thai soldiers crossed into a contested zone near an ancient temple close to the site of last year's gunbattle, they added.
"Thai troops entered about 50 meters into our territory and one of them stepped on a landmine. They then fired shots into the air," Yeim Kheang, a Cambodian soldier posted at the border, told AFP by telephone.
"This makes us on high alert and ready to fight," he said.
"The situation is okay now, but if they enter just one or two meters into our land again, we will open fire. We already got the order from the top," he added.
Tensions over the long-disputed territory flared in July last year after the 11th century Preah Vihear temple was granted United Nations world heritage status. Soldiers clashed in the area in October, leaving four troops dead.
Subsequent talks between Cambodia and Thailand have not resolved the dispute.
Hun Sen said on Tuesday that Cambodian forces had been ordered to "fight" if Thai troops again crossed the border. Thailand denies that its troops went over the frontier last week.
The border between the two countries has never been fully demarcated, in part because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
10 comments:
ouch some one must to be pained for aggression and steal the others people stuffs
"The border between the two countries has never been fully demarcated"
= Stop lying to the world! The fucken border between Cambodia and Thailand were fully demarcated since the French colonized of Cambodia! Take out the Franco-Siem border treaty of 1904!
Pssstttttttttttt, be quiet my fellow khmers. Just lay more landmines. Those mines will speak for us!
Kaboom...Oops... one more Thai aggressor just lost a leg.
Thanks to the left over Khmer Rouge mines.They still do the job against the Thai and the previous Viet invaders.
In the Khmer language, the word “Nak Leng” means a person who is thug, gang or criminal.
Kasit Piromya was right.
Hun Sen is a gentleman with a thug-hearted.
or
Hun Sen is a gentleman with a gang-hearted.
or
Hun Sen is a gentleman with a criminal-hearted.
I am 100% agree with the Thai Foreign Minister.
I have a question for Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime.
Since Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime likes to assassinate innocent Khmer peoples.
Does Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime have any plan to assassinate the Thai Foreign Minister?
GOOD FOR YOUR LEG YOU FUCKING IDIOT....SEE WHEN YOU WANNA STEAL MY SHOE AND WEAR IT LOL ..........HHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA KADUEY MAY AH SIEM
Only a leg?.
2:06 AM
Of course, that's the beauty of landmine -- that is -- not to kill a person but to severely inflict.
Oh, thanks to the US. If you had the opportunity, dismantle it and you'll be surprised what inside the landmine and who is the supplier of those components. Yes, you, the US.
The evil CPP & Hun Sen are just using the Preah Vihear Temple issue (like they did in the last election) to distract Khmer people from other real important internal issues in Cambodia, such as the upcoming commune election, boarder marking with Vietnam, anti-corruption law, etc.
It's all a setup between the CPP and the Thai military. We (Khmer People - in Cambodia and living overseas) are the "Suckers"
For one thing, we must stop supporting the CPP propaganda machine - CTN television. They are slowly washing our brains.
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