Brief firefight at Thai border wounds Cambodian soldier; Thailand says loggers to blame - The Washington Post
Well, not reallySeventeen soldiers and a civilian died in skirmishes early last year related to conflicting claims over border territory
They did not die in actions related to conflicting border claims.
They died in relation to the fascist PAD acting out, trying to bolster Political standing in Thailand.
There is no conflicting border claim between Thailand and Cambodia.
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Thai-ASEAN News Network - Army Clarifies Gunfight at Thai-Cambodian Border
Army Clarifies Gunfight at Thai-Cambodian Border
UPDATE : 30 April 2012
A Thai border security unit maintains yesterday's gunfight with a group of Cambodian soldiers was part of a crackdown on an illegal logging gang.
Thai soldiers claim the Cambodian troops were providing escort for illegal loggers to enter Thai territory.
A gunfight broke out yesterday afternoon when a forest patrol unit and a paramilitary ranger squad found a group of eight Cambodian soldiers escorting illegal loggers into Ubon Ratchathani's Nam Kun District, just 500 meters from the Thai-Cambodian border.
The clash lasted for five minutes before the Cambodian soldiers retreated.
The Thai authorities then inspected the area and discovered four AK assault rifles, a dozen ammunition magazines and blood stains.
None of the Thai officers were killed or injured in the incident.
The Thai officers taking part in the clash said they spotted Cambodian soldiers resting from their job of escorting illegal loggers to cut preserved payung trees on Thai soil.
Shortly after the clash, Thai authorities received a petition from a Cambodian military agency asking for the return of the seized firearms, but they have not done so yet, given their commanding unit still has not given the order to do so.
The Cambodian side claimed one of its soldiers was injured in the clash.
The special task force of the 23rd Paramilitary Division which oversees security at the Thai-Cambodian border area said no fighting has re-emerged around the Preah Vihear disputed area and the border situation remains normal.
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of national security General Yutthasak Sasiprapa confirmed yesterday's clash was a crackdown on an illegal logging gang.
The general remarked the Region 2 Army chief will take charge of clarifying the issue with Cambodia.
He maintained the incident will not escalate into a serious issue, although Cambodian military leaders claimed the Cambodian soldiers were on patrol when the clash took place."Slavery is the daughter of darkness; an ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction; ambition and intrigue take advantage of the credulity and inexperience of men who have no political, economic or civil knowledge. They mistake pure illusion for reality, license for freedom, treason for patriotism, vengeance for justice."-Simón Bolívar
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01-05-2012, 05:45 PM #1403Thailand Expat
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Army denies border clash
1/05/2012
The army yesterday denied reports of a weekend clash between Thai and Cambodian troops near Preah Vihear.
Lt Col Men Ly, deputy military commander of Cambodia's Preah Vihear province, said Cambodian troops on patrol were attacked by Thai forces on Sunday.
The Thai army, however, denies it.
Army spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Thai soldiers and forestry officials were on a patrol mission when they encountered a group of log poachers at An Ma border pass on Thai soil.
Thai authorities identified themselves but the poachers shot at them, he said.
The Thai officials fired warning shots into the sky, driving the poachers away.
"The poachers were outnumbered so they fled. There was no clash," he said.
Col Sansern insisted the armed group who attacked the Thai officials were not Cambodian troops. They were apparently poaching payung trees, he said.
"Why would we shoot at Cambodian troops?" he said.
"Thai authorities were patrolling the area with forestry officials."Col Sansern said Thai and Cambodian authorities have reached an agreement in which troops will patrol the areas in their jurisdiction to prevent illegal logging.
However, a border source said reports had emerged about Cambodian troops providing protection to poachers.
bangkokpost.com
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