AFP
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia has accused Thailand of "deceitful fabrication " after Thai police arrested three men on suspicion of spying near the neighbours' disputed border.
"The Royal Government of Cambodia wishes to assert that the above fabrication is only a pretext to justify future aggression against Cambodia," said a foreign ministry statement released on Friday.
Thailand and Cambodia are locked in a bitter dispute over their shared border that has seen 28 people killed in two outbreaks of fierce fighting this year, and the row has since moved to the United Nations' highest court.
On Friday Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the alleged spying activities were unacceptable and accused Phnom Penh of "violating Thai territory".
One Thai, one Cambodian and a Vietnamese man were picked up in Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket province on Tuesday evening carrying maps with military facilities marked on them, according to Thai police.
The suspects have denied they were spying in the area, the officer who made the arrest told AFP.
Cambodia said it "categorically rejects this deceitful fabrication by the Thai authorities and prime minister, intending to mislead the public and malign Cambodia", adding it had no need to spy.
Last month the country launched a legal bid at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague seeking to force Thailand to pull troops from a disputed strip of land near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple.
The court ruled in 1962 that the temple itself belonged to Cambodia but both Phnom Penh and Bangkok claim ownership of a 4.6-square-kilometre (1.8-square-mile) patch of nearby territory.
In April Cambodia asked the ICJ to clarify its initial ruling.
7 comments:
This is a cheap shot by Siem military thugs in trying to get attention from the world court!
This is an age of satellite imaging and Cambodian government can pay to get those satellite image from space on any Siem military thugs position anytime day or night!
The use of human being to spy on military position is outdated!
"The trio ...while the Thai and Cambodian suspects also faced additional charges of drug abuse, as the Thai authorities found both of them were tested positive for methamphetamines."
=This is funny! The Siem military thugs can't even distinguish between a drug dealer and a spy!ahahahhahah
Thailand play with FIRE ANTS! You Thai people mess with An Nam-Dai Viet, you Thai people asking for big trouble! Those three people are Thai national...Sting operate-getting good paid$$ by Abhsiit's admin...
I would love to see Dai-Viet teach Thailand a lesson like they did to US in the past...
The use of human being to spy on military position is outdated!
You'll be surprised what kind of people who are walking among you, and may not notice it. Welcome to the modern espionage.
Also, I wouldn't be surprised if those Cambodian tax drivers are CIA or KGB or MI5.
The scary part is that you unable to discern who's who. Most Cambodians don't even know if the Vietnamese people are Vietnamese, and that's the problem. Yet, these Vietnamese are much more than Cambodians. Yes, it's scary, but it's the reality.
Yes indeed,Cambodia is a Vietnam
govt slave,Cambodia should send
thousand Cambodian soldiers first
to die for lovely dearly boss.
That so great!What a good idea!
Wow! 1:24AM.You are genius.
Now Vietnamese immigrants have
6,000,000 people.Vietnam govt is
hiding 20,000 soldiers in seven rubber fields in Cambodia.
Cambodia is not afraid of Thai
because it has Vietnamese
soldiers to kill Thai and Khmer soldiers.
Well...Abishit is fighting for his political career and he will stop at nothing to get back at Cambodian to even the score before he disappears from the political scene! AH Abishit is getting desperate by the hour before he ran away from Thailand!
Abishit can't put innocence Khmer people in jail without sufficient evidence!
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