Thursday, January 27, 2011

[Thailand's] Loose cannons damage ties with Cambodia

Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The Nation/Asia News Network


NATIONALIST elements within the yellow-shirt movement do the country no favours by exacerbating border disputes with neighbour Cambodia

Whatever their real intentions were, we will probably never know. But five of the seven Thai nationals, including a Democrat MP, who were arrested for trespassing last month in Banteay Meanchey province of Cambodia should consider themselves lucky for having been freed on suspended sentences.

It is hoped that this decision will take this high-profile case - which has strained already shaky diplomatic ties - one step closer to a conclusion.

After all, there are more important things that Thailand and Cambodia should be focusing on instead of the plight of seven nationalists who had no business crossing illegally into a neighbouring country.
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