Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Hunkering down at the border

Children play near a newsafety shelter in SaoThongchaivillage in Si Sa Ket’s Kantharalak district. The shelter has been built amid fears of a military stand-off betweenThailandand Cambodia over the Preah Vihear border dispute. TAWATCHAI KEMGUMNERD
Safety shelters are being built in Kantharalak district near Preah Vihear in case of fresh tension with Cambodia,

23/09/2009
By King-oua Laohong in Si Sa Ket
Bangkok Post

Workers are covering 10 large drain pipes with soil, grass and sandbags to create shelters at Dan Nuea village in tambon Phu Pha Mok in Kantharalak district of this northeastern border province.
It is part of a plan to ensure safety for villagers living near the disputed border area and the Preah Vihear temple.
Ban Dan Nuea is not the only place where the shelters are being built. The government has allocated 40 million baht to build shelters in three districts: Khun Han, Phu Sing and Kantharalak.
The areas deemed most at risk are five tambons in Kantharalak: Phu Pha Mok, Bung Malu, Sao Thongchai, Rung and Noan Samran.
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