Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
A Thai soldier who was seriously wounded in fighting between Thailand and Cambodia on Sunday has died from his injuries.
The death brings the number of Thais killed to three - two soldiers and a civilian - since the border clashes flared up on Friday last week in Si Sa Ket province. Thirty-four people were reported as injured.
Sgt Thanakorn Boonperm died at Khai Sapphasit Prasong Hospital in Ubon Ratchathani province. He was among 14 Thai soldiers injured during a clash in the Phu Makhua area of Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket on Sunday. The Si Sa Ket native suffered gunshot wounds to the head and stomach.
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha will attend his bathing ceremony and visit soldiers deployed to secure areas near the Preah Vihear temple in Si Sa Ket today.
Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul has ordered governors of three provinces bordering Cambodia to set up shelters for residents affected by the fighting.
The minister issued the order during a meeting yesterday in Surin with the governors of Surin, Buri Ram and Sa Kaeo provinces. He said authorities in border districts of the three provinces must build shelters if the clashes resume.
Mr Chavarat visited Karb Choeng district in Surin and handed out bags of essentials to people sheltering at Karb Choeng Withaya School.
Authorities in Karb Choeng have warned residents in tambons Darn, Khok Takhian and Khoo Tan to prepare for evacuation. They will be moved to a camp in Khok Sa-ard village in tambon Khoo Khan.
About 7,000 people have moved to the camp since Feb 7. They will be allowed to return home when tensions ease.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department has supplied mobile drinking water facilities, lighting units, tents, bags of basic necessities and blankets to the Kantharalak district office and Ban Tha Sawang School in tambon Non Samran, which now functions as an emergency shelter.
Department chief Wibul Sa-nguanpong said 17 houses were damaged and over 16,600 people, including eight monks, were evacuated to 40 shelters in 11 districts during the clashes along the border from Friday to Sunday.
The Chong Jom border pass in Karb Choeng was reopened yesterday after an end to shooting between Thai and Cambodian soldiers on Monday night. Troops from the two sides manning the border at Ta Muan Thom and Ta Kwai temples in Phanom Dong Rak district of Surin relaxed and crossed the frontier to greet each other.
About 400 shops on the Thai side of the border pass remain closed. Traders have removed products from their stores. Some returned to the shops yesterday and said they would monitor the situation for a few days before deciding whether to reopen for business.
3 comments:
It is not worth it for Thai to waste even just one life fighting for something that doesn't belong to them . The leaders of Thailand need to think twice before they send those soldiers to the Thai_Cambodian border because they are not going to get what they want . They might get hurt or even killed for nothing because it belongs to Cambodia and International Court recognizes that too .
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Vietnam govt spent
a lot of Vietcong lives twice:
1)Sihanouk depended
on Vietcong in 1970,maybe
20,000 dead and
injured.
2)In 1979 Vietnam
govt spent more than
the first time.
The Vietnam soldiers
chased Khmer Rouge
to Thai border.
They won the war on
Khmer Rouge soldiers
.
Thai must spend more
Thai soldier lives
to gain over Khmer,
Lao,and Vietnam.
Will Thai conquer
over to these three
states?
Thai,don't be stupid
.
Thai won't overcome
them.
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