Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
Border tensions near Preah Vihear temple have risen again as both sides have resumed construction of roads to serve military operations in the disputed border area despite each other’s protests against such action.
Thai soldiers on Friday resumed building a laterite road from Pha Mor I Dang cliff to Sa Trao, an ancient reservoir on the northern axis of Preah Vihear where Thai border patrol police had been stationed.
The road will be two kilometres long.
Thai soldiers had completed 70% of the road when border clashes on Feb 4 brought its construction to a halt.
The sources said Thai soldiers built the road in response to Cambodian soldiers’ construction of two roads in the disputed area. “Actually, we have to build the road all the way to the entrance of the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai side of the border,” an army source said. “We had to stop when the Cambodians protested against it, but now we have to continue building the road as far as possible so it can be used as a military logistics route, too.”
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