Friday, February 25, 2011

Evacuees from Cambodia-Thai border urged to return home

February 23, 2011
Source: Xinhua

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany on Wednesday encouraged the evacuees from the deadly armed clashes on the disputed border between Cambodia and Thailand to return home as the tension has eased.

Bun Rany, who is the president of Cambodian Red Cross, visited 2,686 families in a refugees camp in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district. The remaining evacuees were out of the total 3,200 families who fled the clashes on Feb. 4-7.

“She has advised those evacuees to return home as the tension has eased,” Nhim Vanda, the first vice-president of the Cambodian National Committee for Disaster Management, told Xinhua by telephone.

“She also informed those evacuees about the ASEAN’s support to send Indonesian observers to the border area to ensure a permanent ceasefire,” he added.

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