By Savyut
Source: Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy for KI-Media
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The Cambodian authority in Oddar Meanchey province indicated that a group of Thai border troops opened fire on more than 10 Cambodians who sneaked across the border to Thailand to log precious wood. The incident led to the death of one Cambodian citizen, one injured and several others have been reported missing.
On Suday 13 September, Pech Sokhin, the Oddar Meanchey province governor, said that, on 11 September, 12 Cambodians entered the forest located along the borderline between Cambodia and Thailand, near Samrong district, between border markers No. 12 and 13. The area is located next to Thailand’s Kap Cheung district, Surin province. The 12 Cambodians went in to log precious wood to sell, but on the day of the incident, Thailand dropped its troops from helicopter and these Thai soldiers opened fire and pursued the Cambodian villagers in order to arrest them. The incident led to one Cambodian killed, one injured, and a number of others are reported missing.
Pech Sokhin said: “Thailand used helicopter to drop their soldiers to arrest [our] people who were looking for precious wood. The dead person and the injured person were brought back home by their relatives. Of those who fled, based on what I know, 6 came back already.”
Mao Kloeung, a young man who was injured by Thai soldiers’ shooting and who fled the scene, is currently under medical care at the Samrong district hospital. On Sunday morning, he said that he and 11 other Cambodians sneaked in 4 kilometers into Thai territories. When his group was logging precious wood and cleaning up the logs, Thai soldiers opened fire on them. He was injured on his foot, one person in the group was killed on the spot.
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