By Khun Chhang
Koh Santepheap Newspaper
Translated from Khmer and posted online
Koh Kong: The Cambodian police at the Cham Yeam international gate in Koh Kong province expressed regret and pity for Cambodians who visited Koh Kong and asked permission to go shopping at the Thai market in Hat Lek across the border, for them the Thai police demanded that they pay 10 baht (1,000 riel) each, which is a breach of the provision of an agreement reached at a recent Cambodian-Thai meeting stipulating that citizens of both sides do not have to pay for cross-border trips.
An immigration police officer at the Cham Yeam border gate said that during the recent Chinese-Vietnamese New Year celebrations thousands of Cambodians from Phnom Penh spent the holiday in Koh Kong and many asked permission to cross the border into Thailand to shop at the Hat Lek market in Thai territory close to the border. However, the Thai police demanded that they pay 10 baht each if they wanted to go to the Thai side or else they would not be allowed to cross. Conversely, when Thai citizens crossed into Cambodian territory, the Cambodian police did not demand any money from them.
The above source further said that because the Thai police took advantage of their Cambodian counterpart, the latter decided to close the border several times, refusing to let Thai citizens bring in and sell their goods, such as vegetables and fruits, on the Cambodian side of the border. However, each time this took place, the Koh Kong provincial authorities would intervene in favor of the Thai side.
The same source said that the authorities of the two provinces (Koh Kong and Trat) should meet and hold discussion once again because the Thai police are making gains at the expense of the Cambodian police. Otherwise, Cambodia should require that the people from both sides must pay for border passes equally.
An immigration police officer at the Cham Yeam border gate said that during the recent Chinese-Vietnamese New Year celebrations thousands of Cambodians from Phnom Penh spent the holiday in Koh Kong and many asked permission to cross the border into Thailand to shop at the Hat Lek market in Thai territory close to the border. However, the Thai police demanded that they pay 10 baht each if they wanted to go to the Thai side or else they would not be allowed to cross. Conversely, when Thai citizens crossed into Cambodian territory, the Cambodian police did not demand any money from them.
The above source further said that because the Thai police took advantage of their Cambodian counterpart, the latter decided to close the border several times, refusing to let Thai citizens bring in and sell their goods, such as vegetables and fruits, on the Cambodian side of the border. However, each time this took place, the Koh Kong provincial authorities would intervene in favor of the Thai side.
The same source said that the authorities of the two provinces (Koh Kong and Trat) should meet and hold discussion once again because the Thai police are making gains at the expense of the Cambodian police. Otherwise, Cambodia should require that the people from both sides must pay for border passes equally.
2 comments:
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CAMBODIAN SOCCER PLAYERS PREFER FOREIGN REFEREE OVER KHMER.
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