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| Cambodians build a concrete road to Preah Vihear temple to help troop movements in the disputed area near Phu Ma Khua. Thailand opposes the construction of the road. JETJARAS NA RANONG |
Cambodians accused of 'expanding presence'
25/02/2011
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
SI SA KET : Two Thai soldiers have been seriously injured after stepping on landmines while patrolling Phu Ma Khua along the Cambodian border.
The incident occurred about 4pm yesterday.
The two were later identified as Sgt Pornpiboon Ngaosuwan and Cpl Sumet Boonsalee of the 16th Infantry Battalion in Yasothon province.
They have been admitted to Kantharalak district hospital in Si Sa Ket province.
Cambodian troops are ignoring Asean's urgent call for a truce with Thailand by continuing to fire shots in the disputed border area.
Cambodian soldiers yesterday fired three shots in the area where they are trying to expand their presence before the arrival of Indonesian observers today.
The Bangkok Post accompanied Thai soldiers to the 4.6-square-kilometre disputed area in Si Sa Ket yesterday morning to observe the military presence. The delegation found Cambodia actively expanding its military bases and bunkers in the disputed area after the outbreak of hostilities from Feb 4 to 7.
Cambodian soldiers have also turned Keo Sikha Kiri Savara pagoda into a military base equipped with anti-aircraft artillery in breach of the bilateral 2000 memorandum of understanding on land demarcation that prohibits any man-made physical changes in the disputed area.
An army source said Cambodian deputy army chief Hun Manet, son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, had told Thai army chief-of-staff Dapong Rattanasuwan and 2nd Army chief Thawatchai Samutsakhon last Saturday that the pagoda would only be repaired as a residence for monks.
The pagoda was partly damaged during the recent border clashes.
Cambodian soldiers have built facilities to support reinforcements on the disputed part of Phu Ma Khua. They have ignored repeated protests from the Thai soldiers overlooking them from the hill top.
Cambodian soldiers are also building two new roads from Keo Sikha Kiri Savara to Phu Ma Khua in a bid to occupy as much of the disputed area as possible.
"Cambodia will not readily stop because they want to advance and occupy as many parts as possible before soldiers and observers arrive from Indonesia," the source said.
There have been a number of clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops at Phu Ma Khua. Cambodian soldiers attacked a Thai base on the hill on Feb 5 and seriously injured a soldier who later succumbed to his injuries.
While this reporter was taking photographs of Keo Sikha Kiri Savara yesterday, Cambodian soldiers fired two warning shots from the pagoda and another from Phu Ma Khua. Thai soldiers and the reporter then left the area. If the third shot had come from the pagoda, there would have been another clash, the source said.
A truce agreed between the military leaders of the two countries last week would not be honoured as Cambodian soldiers were poorly disciplined and had proved they would not hesitate in firing on Thai soldiers in their own territory, he said.
11 comments:
Oh mighty Thai military why art thou so arrogant?
Why art thou so self-confident??
Why art thou so blind to see your country is bleeding in southern province and now you want to bleed in the Preah Vihear.
What kind of drug have you been taken???
I see the Thai have already started their public propaganda.
The seed of hatred between Cambodian and Thai is well on the way.
Well, it's Cambodia land. They can do anything they damn please !! For goodness sake. !!
Those two Thai soldiers were injured by the clustered bombs that were left over when they used during that last recent clash on Khmer innocent villagers. Now the spirit of Khmer kings who build Preah Vihear and Angkor cursed the Thai invaders. Karma. What goes around comes around.
Thai soldiers were trasspassing into Khmer territory, that why.
Bangkok Post keep mentioned "disputed" many times. There's no such thing as "Phu Ma Khua" in Cambodia zone. It's the Thai propaganda and they keep on insisting for the purpose to instill the public mind. The land is not disputed zone. It's Cambodia . In this case Thais are clearly the invaders and need to be a good neighbor and withdraw their troops from Cambodia land immediately.
Bangkok Post: blah, blah, blah,
This is the Thai way getting ready to justify an all out battle to attack Cambodia.
Bangkok Post is magnifying the battle cry for war.
Are there anyone left with level heads in Thailand?
All your hear from Thailand's paper is, "war, war, war!"
The country is becoming delusion.
THAIS BLOODS ARE KHMER BLOODS,HOW THEY HATE EACH OTHER SO MUCH?
THE THAI KINGS WERE/ARE KHMER BLOOD KINGS.THE THAI PEOPLE ARE KHMER BLOOD.EVEN LANGUAGE AND WORDS ARE THE SAME.
FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO,IN SOME PAGODAS IN SURIN,(MY MOM NATIVE PROVINCE)HAD OLD SASTRA(OLD SCRIPTURE KHMER) in Khmer alphabet.
My mom showed the SASTRA,but IN THAI ACCENT.
THAI took everything from CAMBODIA and BIG PIECE OF LAND.
11:12 AM
Remembered Khmer or Khmer Mon are Khmer and did not have a pro-cent Thai blood.
Khmer or Khmer Mon live since generations or more than 4000 years on this area.
It is the home Khmer people.
- Thai is a Chinese immigrant from South China.
- Land is an Anglo-Germane word, means country.
Clearly this country is only for Thai people, not for Khmer or Mon or for others.
This country changed the name almost everyday, from Siam to Thailand (a name of european language), because these thai people wanted to eliminate us Khmer people from this planet. Some Thai academic were so stupid and said, we Khmer did not exist ? Of course Thai adopted the Khmer & Lao languages and also their culture, but Thailand don't have the will to be friend with Khmer and always look down on Khmer people.
I have no complex to be a Khmer.
Now you can made a decision: Are you proud to be a Khmer or be a Thai with a criminal blood ?
For true Khmer people. Do you thinks of land 4.6 sq km area is too small? Don't you know why Thailand want that area so bad? If Thailand will take over that area they will control all the mountain ring,because doung rack ring is the great wall to protect Cambodia. 4.6 sq km is good enough for Thai army to build the military base on top and threat Cambodia for the future. They will put missiles cannon machine gun face to Cambodia. Thai can see Cambodia very clearly.So Camboian going to loose preah Vihear Stung Treng Siemreap Odormeanchey and Banteay Meanchey. For the future they always want to declare war against Cambodian, Because siems want Preah Vihear Sienreap Porsat Battombang Banteay Meanchey Odor Meanchey.
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