31/12/2010
By Thanida Tansubhapol
Bangkok Post
Relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh are again being tested following the arrest on Wednesday by Cambodian troops of seven Thais including a government MP.
The seven were picked up on charges of trespassing on Cambodian territory while inspecting a disputed border site near Ban Nong Jarn in Khok Sung district of Sa Kaeo.
The group arrested included Democrat Party MP for Bangkok Panich Vikitsreth; People's Alliance for Democracy co-leader Veera Somkwamkid; Samdin Lertbutr, a PAD activist; Tainae Mungmajon; and three others identified only as Muay, Uan and Sab.
Mr Panich said by telephone after his arrest on Wednesday that he was investigating a complaint by local people that Cambodian troops had encroached on their farmland for more than a month.
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