Bangkok Post
No troop reinforcements have been sent to the border with Cambodia, there has been only routine rotation of units, Army Region 2 commander Lt-Gen Thawatchai Samutsakhon said on Tuesday.
He said it was necessary for soldiers to be on alert around the clock. Thai and Cambodian troops had long confronted each other along the border and a clash could occur at any time without warning.
However, Army Region 2 had not sent reinforcements to the border, he said.
Lt-Gen Thawatchai advised the people who want to visit Ta Muen Tom temple in tambon Ta Miang of Surin’s Phanom Dong Rak district to postpone their trip for safety reason.
A military source said the cross-border trade at the Chong Chom – O’Smach border checkpoint in Kap Choeng district of Surin province went on as usual on Wednesday.
Cambodian people came over to Thailand to buy consumers goods and to sell wild products, while Thai gamblers continued to travel through the checkpoint to casinos on the Cambodian side of the border.
The 2nd Army Region is responsible for the Northeast down to Prachin Buri, which is within the 1st Army Region.
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