PHNOM PENH, Oct 22 (AFP) - Cambodia on Thursday filed a protest with neighbouring Thailand saying that Thai soldiers shot dead a man while he was cutting down trees on their border, according a diplomatic letter.
In a letter to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's foreign ministry said Thai troops on Monday "fired at a group of Cambodian villagers while they were allegedly cutting down trees in the border area."
"One man from the group, named Sim Bun Chhim, was seriously wounded and died during transport to hospital," said the letter posted on the foreign ministry's website, calling the alleged incident an "inhuman act."
The letter urged Thai authorities to investigate the "unfortunate incident and bring to justice those who committed the above acts of cruelty."
The Cambodian government said the incident was "another serious breach of internationally accepted humanitarian principles" and asked Thailand to prevent similar acts in the future.
The incident is alleged to have taken place in northern Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province, where another attack allegedly took place last month.
Cambodia in September filed a similar letter of protest to Thailand. alleging Thai soldiers shot and burned alive a teenager for illegally cutting down trees on their border.
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.
In a letter to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's foreign ministry said Thai troops on Monday "fired at a group of Cambodian villagers while they were allegedly cutting down trees in the border area."
"One man from the group, named Sim Bun Chhim, was seriously wounded and died during transport to hospital," said the letter posted on the foreign ministry's website, calling the alleged incident an "inhuman act."
The letter urged Thai authorities to investigate the "unfortunate incident and bring to justice those who committed the above acts of cruelty."
The Cambodian government said the incident was "another serious breach of internationally accepted humanitarian principles" and asked Thailand to prevent similar acts in the future.
The incident is alleged to have taken place in northern Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province, where another attack allegedly took place last month.
Cambodia in September filed a similar letter of protest to Thailand. alleging Thai soldiers shot and burned alive a teenager for illegally cutting down trees on their border.
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.
8 comments:
It's a wasting time! Siam will not do shit! Khmer can ask or screaming for, yelling for, whatever, they are not going to do shit! Story of Yon Rith has not been solve yet! all khmer going to hear from Siam is, we didn't do it? it was a mistaken...
Khmer soldier should do the same thing to Siamese people crossing illegally into khmer territory...
Khmer people should not crossing into Thailand illegally again, Thai soldier now is waitting for oppt. to shoot any khmer people, this is their revenge....
Khmer people should not crossing into Thailand illegally again, Thai soldier now is waitting for oppt. to shoot any khmer people, this is their revenge....
These khmer people alway given or make government has headache with them! if they could survived during pol pot's regims, why can't they hold on to what they got these day? Thanks God for what we have...i think Thais soldier just waite for an oppt. to shoot any khmer people they can shoot, this is revenge!!
It just a dirty trick of thai tactic to discourage khmer people not to cross into their side of the border.
Khmer people should be more carefull and should reteliate back. otherwise the thai soldiers will look at you as weakness and they will continue to commit that violent act. ARE YOU GOING TO LET THAI SOLDIER KILL YOU OR ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK? DONT JUST LET THEM KILL YOU FOR NOTHING CUS THE GOV'T CANT HELP YOU. THEY'RE TOO WEAK TO FIGHT THE THAI.
I wish Khmer soldiers kills some more of those Thai black bastards...
Thais soldier very brave with poor unarmed people only, but they are chicken shit to face khmer rouge soldiers...
I used to hated those Thai black clad soldiers, during 1979 refugees camp K.I.D, they are so fucken cruelty toward Khmer people that time, if there's another fighting erupts, khmer soldiers must burns them up like gassoline, don't shows any mercy to these bastards, even they raise the WHITE FLAGS...
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