Saturday, April 23, 2011

New fighting on Thai Cambodian border

Saturday, April 23, 2011
Radio New Zealand

Cambodian officials say their troops have clashed with Cambodian soldier for a second day along a disputed border area.

The fighting began at dawn on Saturday, the officials said and followed a clash on Friday in which at least four Thai paramilitary troops and three Cambodian soldiers were killed.

Reuters reports that each side blames the other for firing first in the disputed border area, which is in the northeastern Thai province of Surin.

Thousands of villagers on both sides of the border have been evacuated.


Thailand and Cambodia have been locked in a stand-off over the border since July 2008, when a temple in the area, Preah Vihear was granted UNESCO World Heritage status.

Thailand opposed this on the grounds that the land around the temple had never been demarcated.

The last time fighting erupted, in early February 2011, ASEAN foreign ministers brokered a ceasefire deal under which both countries would allow unarmed military observers from Indonesia to be posted along their border.

That agreement has still be put into place.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What in the world the first sentence means: "Cambodian officials say their troops have clashed with Cambodian soldier for a second day along a disputed border area." Can someone clarify this sentence for me? How could it be the Cambodian troops have clashed with Cambodian soldier? If the story does not turn out that way, the KI-Media representative must do the 'hara-kiri'.

Anonymous said...

It was not just you who confused the top sentence that said,"Cambodian officials say their
troops have clashed with Cambodian soldier for a second day along a disputed border area".
This top pick should be,"Cambodian
officials said Cambodian troops have
clashed with Thai soldiers for a second
day along disputed border area".
I am not a perfect writer either,but
do what I can do.
People make mistakes,but they can correct them and admit their faults
so someone can forgive and forget.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

ដាក់ពួកអាសៀមឲ្យមានទ្រង់ទ្រាយធំម្តងទៅមើល
ដើម្បីកំដរប្រទេសដែលមានសភារវុទ្ធទំនើបថាតើប្រ
ទេសប្រើកាំងភ្លើងអេចាយនោះវាប្រសិទ្ធិភាពប៉ុណ្ណា?
បើបក្សប្រឆាំងនៅកម្ពុជាវិញប្រហែលលើកដៃពីរឲ្យ
ពួកសៀមឈ្លានពានបាត់ទៅហើយ។

1:37 PM

prasad said...

These clashes will not find any solution for any dispute so they have to sit and talk with each other then they can find a good and peaceful solution for this situation.

Anonymous said...

1:37 PM

1:42 PM

You motherfucker Yuon in Sydne CBD was caught with your pant down.

Anonymous said...

DON'T WORRY PATRIOTS, LET THE THAI DO THE DUTY WORK FOR US. ONCE HUN SEN AND HIS CPP GANG ARE GONE WE CAN LET THE UNITED NATIONS DEAL WITH THE INVADING THAI LATER ON. PLEASE REMEMBER, IT'S EASY TO REMOVE THE THAI, BUT NOT HUN SEN!

WE MUST NOT GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO THE TYRANT HUN SEN ANYMORE. DON'T FALL FOR HIS DUTY TRICK.

LONG LIVE KHMER RACE!