Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post
A Cambodian military official said yesterday that Lao soldiers shot and killed a Cambodian national who was suspected of crossing the border illegally from Stung Treng province to cut timber in Laos.
Sun Ban, commander of Battalion 701 stationed on the Cambodian-Lao border, identified the deceased as Tep Sokha, 30, from Kampot province and said Lao officials yesterday had requested Cambodian officials come to retrieve the body.
The shooting occurred after a group of villagers with 12 ox carts crossed the border on Tuesday at border posts 61 and 62 in Stung Treng’s Siem Pang district adjacent to Cham Pasak district in Laos, Sun Ban said.
Lao soldiers patrolling in the area fired shots at the villagers, whom they thought were illegal loggers, and the villagers fled back across the border, he said.
“They went deep into Laos territory about 3 kilometres, and Lao soldiers accused them of illegally entering their country for logging.
Siem Pang district Governor Shi Suon said he had reported the incident to provincial officials but that no diplomatic note had yet been submitted to the Lao government, urging them not to fire on Cambodian citizens.
“We do not know yet whether any other Cambodian citizens were injured, but the information I have received is that only one man was killed,” he said.
The shooting comes days before a planned visit by the new Lao premier, Thongsing Thammavong, who is to arrive in Cambodia on March 7 for meetings with King Norodom Sihamoni and high-ranking government officials to discuss improving bilateral relations between the two countries.
Three Cambodians have been killed and another injured by Lao soldiers since 2010, Shi Suon said.
14 comments:
Even a poor ass country like Lao looking down on Khmer too. All the country around us kills Khmer people why? Come on let do something about this why they shot our people like animals.
This accidence is happened by careless of trafficked police, they did not care about overload of transportation but they did only money collection for their pocket. Both van and track are overload. The van is overload of sheet and the track is overload of weight but trafficking police are overload careless for trafficking. What does government think? May be nothing to think. It think only powerful without honor.
មិនខ្វល់ ចង់នរណាស្លាប់អីស្លាប់ទៅ ដូចខ្ញុំបាននិយាយពីមុនអីចឹងថា រាស្ត្រស្លាប់កានើតែច្រើនកានើតែល្អសម្រាប់ចៅហ្វាយពួកគេ។
If Cambodian soldiers were ordered to shoot and kill trespassers into Cambodia like how Thailand, Laos and Vietnam does with Cambodians illegally crossing into their territory,...Cambodians would have shot and killed over 2.5 million Vietnamese already.
Cambodian gouvernment must have the shooter hold accountable!!! This kind of killing is ashame for Cambodian government. They must act and do something to stop it!!!
Sadly how this happen. Others country dont mess around when come to boarder.
Laos behave like Thais, we must deport all Loas in Cambodia to Laos, they live free in Northern Cambodia they do not even speak Khmer.
The three countries:THAI,LAO,and
(VIETNAM(caught,jailed or killed
without trace).
Lao,Cambodia,and Vietnam are close
friends,but fiends killed,encroached
Cambodian friend land.
How good friends Hun Sen!
Khmer people,nobody love than you
love yourself.Even Hun Sen does
not love all Khmer people.
HE CALLED KHMER PEOPLE "DOGS".
If any groups want to rise up against HIM,"he will close the
door and BEAT THE "DOGS".
WAKE UP! STAND UP! RISE UP!
AGAINST HUN SEN,or ANY COUNTRIES
THAT PUT DOWN ON KHMER.
what's up with this recent spat of lao or liev shooting at khmer civilians, etc? is lao or liev copying siem and wanted to provoke cambodia, too? how stupid this is! real ignorant lao soldiers!
cambodia should demand the return of wat phu khmer temple back to cambodia, really! what the heck is wrong with liev shooting at khmer civilians, etc!
Stupid things many of news in Cambodia looklike all Khmer are innocent, Khmer is more civilization when compare with neigboring country, if you are Khmer you never wrong forever.
Stupid to pronationalism like this!! But this more effective evidence for many of Khmer people???
don't be stupid and ignorant, liev soldiers! cambodia is friends, not your enemies!
This is a copy cat from Thailand who respect no human lives.
This is a copy cat from Thailand who respect no human lives.
I hope we can Solve this Conflict because I love Cambodian People and Do not Want to us Laos and Cambodian People to Fight For Greed.We are Nothing Like Thais.We may have almost clost to same speacking Language,But Listen They Took alot from us and you Khmers.I hope this can be solved
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