Thread: Thai soldiers kill 3 Cambodian illegal loggers

hope there is some more to this story and Thai soldiers did not just slaughter unarmed men .......................................

Would it surprise you if they did ??

Originally Posted by themanfrommontrose

Would it surprise you if they did ??

NO it would not

Logs before life. Yep....that's the Thailand I know.

I wonder what the reaction would have been from the Thai leaders had the Burmese soldiers just killed all those Thai's that were farming on Burmese soil earlier this year.

Moral of the story - Don't purposely illegally enter another country to plunder and pillage it's natural resourses as you see fit. It may be bad for your health.

That's life or death as the case maybe, border troop pulled out 6 bodies this from the jungle near here this year. Not killed by the army, fire fights between bandits' drugs smugglers. poacher etc. It;s a big jungle along the Lao land border, hate to think how many more are never found. Jim

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

soldiers killed at least 38 Cambodian illegal loggers.

Imagine the outrage if the coin was flipped. Thais are doing this same thing in Myanmar with rubber, and the government just makes weak excuses.

I thought loggers were armed to the teeth, the reason being what they do is illegal, so might it be a case of shoot first, ask questions later.

3 Cambodian loggers fatally shot in Thailand
Nov 5

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodian police say Thai soldiers shot and killed three Cambodians who were illegally logging across the border on Thai soil.

The Samlot district police chief, Ly Bouy, says six Cambodians were taking a break from logging rosewood a few hundred meters (yards) from the border when the soldiers opened fire.

He said Monday that three were killed and three managed to run away during the weekend incident.

Thai police official Kampan Runapat said a special forestry task force composed of soldiers, police, rangers and local officials was patrolling the border area in Trat province on Saturday when it came across the illegal loggers. He said the loggers opened fire, triggering a 10-minute shootout in which three loggers were killed.

Illegal timber harvesting is common in the border area.

ap.org

Originally Posted by Mozzbie47

I thought loggers were armed to the teeth, the reason being what they do is illegal, so might it be a case of shoot first, ask questions later.

Up here on the Lao land border not far from Cambodia no one goes into the jungle unarmed, except for me. Everyone knows a farang armed with a Swiss army pocket knife is a match for any 10 or 20 AK47 wielding bad guys. Jim