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Free Malaysia Today
7 days ago
- General
- Free Malaysia Today
1 fatality in Thai-Cambodian army clash
The exchange lasted for around 10 minutes before the Cambodians requested a ceasefire. (EPA Images pic) BANGKOK : A Cambodian soldier was killed on Wednesday after an exchange of gunfire with the Thai army at the border, a Cambodian army spokesman said, a rare fatality in a long sensitive frontier region. 'One of our soldiers died during the fight, and there were some injuries, but we don't have detailed figures yet,' said Cambodian Royal Army spokesman Mao Phalla. The Royal Thai Army said in a statement that the clash happened after Cambodian soldiers started firing near Ubon Ratchathani province in Thailand's east. Thai soldiers fired back in response to gunshots from Cambodia's border force, leading to an exchange lasting around 10 minutes before the Cambodians requested a ceasefire, according to the Thai army statement. Mao Phalla confirmed 'there were clashes', but said Thai soldiers had attacked Cambodian troops who were on border patrol duty in northern Preah Vihear province, which borders Ubon Ratchathani. 'Our soldiers died in the trenches. The Thais came to attack us,' he said. Bloody military clashes between Cambodia and Thailand erupted in 2008 over the site of an ancient Khmer temple in Preah Vihear located near the border. The row over a patch of land next to the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple led to several years of sporadic violence, resulting in at least 28 deaths before the International Court of Justice ruled the disputed area belonged to Cambodia.
Al Jazeera
7 days ago
- General
- Al Jazeera
Cambodia PM urges calm after border clash with Thailand leaves soldier dead
Cambodia's leader has called for calm in the country a day after a soldier was killed in a brief clash with troops from neighbouring Thailand, in a disputed zone along the Thai-Cambodia border. In a written statement on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Manet said people should not 'panic over unverified material being circulated', and reassured the country that he did not want a conflict between Cambodian and Thai forces. 'For this reason, I hope that the upcoming meeting between the Cambodian and Thai army commanders will produce positive results to preserve stability and good military communication between the two countries, as we have done in the past,' said Hun Manet, who is currently on a visit to Tokyo. 'Even though I am in Japan … the command system and hierarchy for major military operations such as troop movements remain under my full responsibility as prime minister,' he added. Cambodia's Ministry of National Defence said on Wednesday that one of its soldiers was killed in a brief firefight with Thai troops, in a disputed border region between the country's Preah Vihear province and Thailand's Ubon Ratchathani province. The ministry accused Thai soldiers of opening fire first on a Cambodian military post that had long existed in the contested border zone. However, Thailand's Minister of Defence Phumtham Wechayachai said Cambodian forces in the area had opened fire first, adding they had previously dug a trench in the area in an effort to assert Cambodia's claim over the disputed territory, local media reported. 'I have been informed that the return fire was necessary to defend ourselves and protect Thailand's sovereignty. I have instructed caution. Although the ceasefire holds, both sides continue to face each other,' the minister said, according to Thailand's The Nation newspaper. The Nation also reported that Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra spoke with her counterpart, Hun Manet, and both were working to lower the temperature on the dispute. 'We don't want this to escalate,' the Thai prime minister was quoted as saying. Cambodia and Thailand have a long history of disputes along their mutual border, including armed clashes that broke out in 2008 near Cambodia's Preah Vihear Temple, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site that year. Fighting also broke out along the border in 2011. The Associated Press news agency reports that in February, Cambodian troops and their family members entered an ancient temple along the border and sang the Cambodian national anthem, leading to a brief argument with Thai troops. The incident was recorded on video and went viral on social media.
Bloomberg
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Thai, Cambodian Soldiers Exchange Fire at Disputed Border Area
Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged fire at a disputed border area early on Wednesday, prompting the two sides to hold talks to end the standoff. Thailand accused Cambodian soldiers of entering the disputed area in violation of an agreement and firing at its soldiers when confronted. Thai troops returned the fire but there were no injuries or casualties in the clashes that took place near the border area in Thailand's northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province, Winthai Suvaree, a spokesman for the Thai army, told reporters.
