Fatal Border Gun Battles @ Cambodian - Thai frontline

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Fugitive Thaksin is a Thai traitor to suck up to Cambodian government when the enemies are killing Thai soldiers.

Hang the bastard!



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Cambodia says Thai soldier killed in border clash
AP
By SOPHENG CHEANG,Associated Press Writer - Sunday, January 31


PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodian reported Saturday its troops killed one Thai soldier in the latest border clash between their militaries.

Khuy Sokha, governor of western Pursat province, said troops from the two sides fought for about 15 minutes late Friday after about 20 Thai soldiers crossed into Cambodian territory and refused to leave when confronted by Cambodian soldiers.

Cambodian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Chhum Socheat said one Thai soldier was killed, with Cambodian troops firing AK-47 assault rifles and B-40 rocket propelled grenades.

Thai officials were not immediately available for comment.

Cambodia's relations with Thailand deteriorated two years ago, when nationalistic public opinion forced Bangkok to withdraw its support for a Cambodian application to designate a famous border temple a U.N. World Heritage site. The issue sparked renewed interest in some small tracts of disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple, and the two countries' soldiers since then have clashed several times.

Khuy Sokha said the body of the Thai soldier killed in the latest clash was turned over to Thai authorities Saturday morning after negotiations.

 

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Cambodia, Thailand soldiers clash on border
Cambodian and Thai troops have had a brief shoot-out on their disputed border, a Cambodian defence ministry spokesman said yesterday, in the latest such flare-up.
Chum Socheat said that soldiers from the two countries exchanged fire for two or three minutes on Friday evening.
“We are now further investigating into the problem to find out how it started. We can’t tell who started it first,” he said.
He added that Cambodian troops reported a Thai soldier was killed in the skirmish, however Thai military officials were not immediately available to comment.
Troops from the two countries briefly exchanged fire in disputed territory near an ancient Khmer temple last Sunday.
Cambodia and Thailand have been at loggerheads over their border for decades. Nationalist tensions spilled over into violence in July 2008, when the Preah Vihear temple was granted UNESCO World Heritage status.
Four soldiers were killed in clashes in the temple area in 2008 and three more in a gunbattle last April.
The border has never been fully demarcated, partly because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
Relations plunged further in November after Cambodian PM Hun Sen appointed ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives abroad to escape a jail term for corruption, as an economic adviser. AFP
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Cambodia, Thai troops exchange fire+
Jan 30 06:28 AM US/Eastern
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PHNOM PENH, Jan. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged gunfire briefly on Friday, the Cambodian government said Saturday.

Gen. Chhum Socheat, spokesman of the National Defense Ministry, told Kyodo News that the exchange happened around 10 p.m. Friday at the Veal Veng district bordering Thailand's Trat Province.

He said he received information that one Thai solider was killed and a few others wounded, but no report of any casualties from the Cambodian side.

Chhum Socheat said he received no clear information of the motivation for the clash.

Keo Sokunthea, deputy police commissioner of Pursat Province who is in charge of border issues, said the exchange of fire happened after about 20 Thai soldiers fired at Cambodian soldiers.

It is the second border clash following one last week near a disputed border area.

Since the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand began in 2008, several rounds of military clashes have occurred that have left several people dead and injured on both sides.