Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia military forces shot at a Thai military helicopter yesterday after it flew into Cambodian airspace in Koh Kong province.
Major General Dy Phen, chief of Cambodian-Thai border relations office, said the helicopter made an emergency landing after about 100 bullets were fired at it as it crossed markers in Koh Kong’s Mondul Seima district at about 1:30pm.
“They have abused the air territory of Cambodia, so we had to fire at them,” Dy Phen, who was recently promoted to the position of adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen, said.
The rear of the helicopter was damaged and could not fly, so it landed at the border between Koh Kong and Pursat provinces, he said.
“If we flew into their territory, they would also shoot at us, but so far we have not received any reaction from Thailand.”
Dy Phen said he believed the encroachment was deliberate and related to Thai soldiers wanting to erect a Buddhist statue along the border so they could deploy their military officials in the area.
“They did it on purpose,” he said. “Our soldiers are now following the situation.”
Attempts to place statues along the border had been made in the past, but Cambodian soldiers had always removed them, he said.
A high-ranking military official in Koh Kong province also confirmed to the Post that they fired at the helicopter after it flew into Cambodian territory.
“They tried to land, but we did not allow it,” he said.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdee and Defence Ministry spokesman Thanatip Sawangsaeng could not be reached for comment, but a government source in Trat, Thailand, who did not wish to be named confirmed that a Thai military helicopter on a mission to supply a border post had suffered damage to its tail but had landed safely without anyone being injured.
At the Preah Vihear temple, on the border, Cambodian border-relations officials yesterday received a letter from their Thai counterparts saying Cambodian officials had brought a group of heritage experts to see the temple of Preah Vihear, damaged from shells during the clashes earlier this year, without prior permission, Chan Chhorn, official for the Preah Vihear National Authority, said.
11 comments:
Prasad Preah Vihear is belong to Cambodia, why we need to have a prior permission from Thai side?
Finally khmer have ball to act nationalistically. Congrats for once!!! Best news ever posted on KI. lol.
5:57PM, I'm with you. When someone provoke you, shoot. That's how it is when it comes to border and air space. No one in the right mind, especially in the late 21st century, would cross into another country national sovereignty. The Thai were lucky. Our troops could have used short range man portable missile to shoot it down. In stead, we spared them by using small arms. Next time it won't be small arms.
I applauded the commander who has the conviction to protect our country national sovereignty.
It have used B-41s to scare ah siem's ass.
THAI TOOK CONCRETE OR VIETCONG TOOK OUR LAND. ASS HOSS! AH HUN SEN'S CPP LIVE UNDER HOLE AH VIETCONG.
Dear Khmer soldiers, if any Thai, civilian or military cross our borders illegally, shoot them down and make sure you kill them prior to report to the media. They treating us like animal, so we should do the same. I will reward you $1000 for one Thai. Let me know if any Khmer want to join me with this reward. Thank you
Nice move! They keep coming, we keep shooting until too many of them come then we all run to vietnam!
Ms. Soap, there is a rocket coming into your head right from the sky because of your IP address. You gotta be careful, Vietcong Bitch.
We know where you are because we are the computer hackers knowing your IP address. Don't be a smart ass, stinky Viet/Yuon bitch.
Nice comments about Khmer kicks Siem ass, but Ah Hun Sen aka Ah Kwak won't provoke Youn Vietcong. He dares only with Siem, but not Youn because Youn gives him free Youn pussies every month.
I'm not amaze with Ah Hun Sen at all.
How many km of land does Ah Hun Sen give to Youn Vietcong?
Why don't you stupid commentators cry about that too?
Give me a break.
Khmer oversea.
9:30 am, you want a break? If I have a brick in my hand, I would definitely "break " your head just to see what is under your scull. Your calling others as "stupid commentators" you are not any smarter than them,.you stupid khmer oversea. I hope you will drown oversea so you can't leave stupid comments like that to others.
just shoot them down as long as they dare fly on our teritory if the kill them as much as they did to us. i am so glade to hear khmer kill thai or shoot thai plain.
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