BANGKOK, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- The situation along the Thai-Cambodian border in Thailand's eastern Sa Kaeo Province, where seven Thai nationals were arrested last week, has remained calm, as people on both sides of the common border are waiting for a Cambodian court's verdicts against the Thai nationals--which were expected later on Thursday, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
A TNA reporter said that the situation along the Thai-Cambodian border near Ban Nong Jan area of Non Mak Mun Sub-district in Khok Sung District of Sa Kaeo has remained stable,as supporters of the Thai Patriots Network left the province yesterday after staging a rally demanding the release of the seven Thai detainees by Cambodian authorities.
The Thai activists were heading for Government House in Bangkok--where they would resume their protest against the Cambodian government and call on the Thai government to assist the seven Thai people.
Local villagers in Khok Sung said they are afraid that the Thai Patriots Network activists would return to their district if the Cambodian court sentenced the seven Thai people to imprisonment or rejected their bail.
Meanwhile, Thai Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti will represent Thailand to discuss border demarcation issues near the ancient Preah Vihear Temple with Cambodian Deputy Prime minister Sok An.
Suwit insisted, however, that the negotiation would have nothing to do with the arrest and detention of the seven Thai people, as it was earlier scheduled--aimed to soon address unsettled territorial issues in the area--where a Thai national park stands next to the Preah Vihear Temple.
Suwit acknowledged that a Thai working group is preparing a complaint against a Cambodian proposal on its unilateral management of the Preah Vihear Temple and its vicinity as a World Heritage site to be submitted before the next meeting of the UN World Heritage Committee in Bahrain this July.
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