Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Thai army admits firing on Preah Vihear ... but still accuses Cambodia

Army admits firing on ancient temple

8/02/2011
Bangkok Post

The 11th-century Preah Vihear temple has been damaged in fighting between Thailand and Cambodia after Cambodian troops used the temple as a military base to fire on Thai soldiers, says army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen sent a letter to the United Nations Security Commission on Sunday accusing Thai troops of firing at the Hindu temple, which is listed as a world heritage site.

Col Sansern said yesterday Cambodian soldiers used the Preah Vihear temple as a heavy arms base to fire at Thai soldiers stationed in areas in Thai territory that were at lower elevation.

Col Sansern on Sunday dismissed Cambodian reports of damage to the Preah Vihear temple as "propaganda".

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Siem leaders always play the blame game and they blame on Cambodia, they blame on the World Court, and they blame on UNESCO but they never blame themselves for being a fucken thief for trying to steal other country property! The root cause of the conflict is the Siem leaders choose to be a fucken thief and they choose to violating international law and their use of illegal military force on Cambodia as if Cambodian people owed these Siem thieves something from the past life!

To solve the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict once for all and the Siem leaders must choose not to be a fucken thief!