by Thai Hong
Reaksmei Kampuchea
Translated from Khmer
Chea Bora, Cambodia's consul general in Thai Srah Kev Province, did not confirm news reports that Thai soldiers posted in the province's Aranhyaprathet District "intercepted some 100 Cambodian Muslim women on their way to South Thailand and seized almost all the medicine and supplies in their possession on 16 July." This is according to a report by Thai Hong from the 18 July pro-government Cambodian daily Phnom Penh Reaksmei Kampuchea posted in the Cambodia Politics portal.
The report said that Thai officials in the district told local press that they seized the supplies and medicine from the women, because they were "concerned about the connection between the security issue in South Thailand with Cambodian Muslims" and about "some illegal materials that were not permitted to bring into Thailand."
However, a representative of the Muslims in Cambodia used to "deny" reports on flows of groups of Cambodian Muslims into Thailand, saying they "entered peacefully to pursue study or visit relatives; they were not involved with that country's rebels in the least," the report added.
Thailand's Daily News newspaper reported on 17 July that, the report said, the interception of the Cambodian Muslim women took place in Thai Srah Kev Province's Aranhyaprathet District "on the morning of 16 July 2006."
Thai Col Chhaichhayan Sophornchhai, commander of the 12th Unit stationed in Aranhyaprathet District's Khlorng Loek commune, mentioned that, the report said, "most of the more than 100 intercepted Cambodian Muslim women were teenagers aged between 14 and 18 and that all held brand-new passports." The Thai military official added that in their documents, it was also mentioned that they would "travel to three provinces in South [Thailand] to call on their relatives and husbands" or "to look for jobs in Malaysia."
The Thai commander also said that, the report added, all those women also carried "dried food and medicine in excess of their need. Therefore, the soldiers had to confiscate part of the food, especially of medicine, because they feared that they might be given to the militants in the three Thai provinces bordering Malaysia." He further said that moreover, some medicine and supplies were "illicit, banned from being imported into Thailand."
The report said that Toem Saret, official at the Cambodian-Thai Border Relations office, too, said that he had "not" received any reports on the issue. However, he disclosed that the Thai authorities "constantly restrained Cambodian citizens from crossing into Thailand" and that those with insignificant amounts of cash and medicine would be denied entry and their supplies confiscated," the Reaksmei Kampuchea report concluded.
The report said that Thai officials in the district told local press that they seized the supplies and medicine from the women, because they were "concerned about the connection between the security issue in South Thailand with Cambodian Muslims" and about "some illegal materials that were not permitted to bring into Thailand."
However, a representative of the Muslims in Cambodia used to "deny" reports on flows of groups of Cambodian Muslims into Thailand, saying they "entered peacefully to pursue study or visit relatives; they were not involved with that country's rebels in the least," the report added.
Thailand's Daily News newspaper reported on 17 July that, the report said, the interception of the Cambodian Muslim women took place in Thai Srah Kev Province's Aranhyaprathet District "on the morning of 16 July 2006."
Thai Col Chhaichhayan Sophornchhai, commander of the 12th Unit stationed in Aranhyaprathet District's Khlorng Loek commune, mentioned that, the report said, "most of the more than 100 intercepted Cambodian Muslim women were teenagers aged between 14 and 18 and that all held brand-new passports." The Thai military official added that in their documents, it was also mentioned that they would "travel to three provinces in South [Thailand] to call on their relatives and husbands" or "to look for jobs in Malaysia."
The Thai commander also said that, the report added, all those women also carried "dried food and medicine in excess of their need. Therefore, the soldiers had to confiscate part of the food, especially of medicine, because they feared that they might be given to the militants in the three Thai provinces bordering Malaysia." He further said that moreover, some medicine and supplies were "illicit, banned from being imported into Thailand."
The report said that Toem Saret, official at the Cambodian-Thai Border Relations office, too, said that he had "not" received any reports on the issue. However, he disclosed that the Thai authorities "constantly restrained Cambodian citizens from crossing into Thailand" and that those with insignificant amounts of cash and medicine would be denied entry and their supplies confiscated," the Reaksmei Kampuchea report concluded.
1 comment:
Anthing coming from Thailand about Cambodia, always smells like shit. The damn Thai greatly despire Khmer, because they are too shameful to admitt that they were once Khmer. When Khmer was suffering, they cheered in joy. When Khmer refugees seek shelters from the civil war, they treated them very unhumanely.
Now the table is slowly turning back on them. About 1,300 Thai citizens had been killed since the conflict in Malaysia/Thailand border. Thailand call it "Muslim killing Buddhist" which is a bunch of bullshit. It has to do with Muslim fighting for equality and independent from Thailand. That part of territory was illegally taken, which were mostly Muslim populations. Thailand is growing fearful and distrustful of anyone involving in that region.
Those women were Cham (Khmer muslim). They are Khmer and our sisters. They are not to be mistreated in any way. The damn Thai must not escalate their hatred further toward Khmer or their will be problems in the future.
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