Saritdet Marukatat
Bangkok Post
Opinion
How the years go by! It’s not quite right. As far as relations between Thailand and Cambodia are concerned, they have gone nowhere. Or you can say they are going backward, if you like.
The border battles on Friday and Saturday came as no surprise, given the exchanges of words and tactics _ both diplomatically and militarily _ since the seven Thais stepped out of bounds on Dec 29. Since then ties between Bangkok and Phnom Penh have not been the same as the arrests of those people have been politicised here in Thailand and over there in Cambodia.
The People’s Alliance for Democracy and its ally, the Thai Patriots Network, are using the issue to try to topple the government and are continuing to pressure Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva into finding a way to gain the quick release of the remaining two Thais _ Veera Somkwamkid and Ratree Pipatanapaiboon _ detained on espionage charges at Prey Sar prison after the five others were released and sent home.
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The border battles on Friday and Saturday came as no surprise, given the exchanges of words and tactics _ both diplomatically and militarily _ since the seven Thais stepped out of bounds on Dec 29. Since then ties between Bangkok and Phnom Penh have not been the same as the arrests of those people have been politicised here in Thailand and over there in Cambodia.
The People’s Alliance for Democracy and its ally, the Thai Patriots Network, are using the issue to try to topple the government and are continuing to pressure Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva into finding a way to gain the quick release of the remaining two Thais _ Veera Somkwamkid and Ratree Pipatanapaiboon _ detained on espionage charges at Prey Sar prison after the five others were released and sent home.
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