The four Thai soldiers who were arrested and detained for illegally entering Cambodia at Choam Sra-Ngam Checkpoint.
Koh Santepheap newspaper
2nd March, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
At 8:30pm on 28th February, Khmer border police arrested four Thai soldiers for illegally entering Cambodia to go to a brothel at Choam Sra-Ngam Checkpoint near Anlong Veng but were released immediately. They were dressed in civilian clothes and were unarmed.
Locals said that the areas are infested with brothels and criminals. They said that the Thai always sneaked inside without any measures taken against them because there are too many authorities that are manning the borders Checkpoint and no one seems to care.
In a separate incident, on 27th February, one Thai soldier named Supharp Wong-prah, who ventured into Khmer territories at O' Kro-Nhoung near Anlong Veng, was arrested carrying 69-type land-mines and a pistol. He would not give any answers during the interogation, but the Khmer iterrogators assumed that this soldier is probably a spy sent to search for intelligence about the Khmer military bases. According to Radio Free Asia, this Thai soldier had been arrested once before for crossing illegally into Khmer territories.
In another separate incident on 26th February, a group of Khmer soldiers met a lone Thai soldier named Sam Lerttumchan, age 32 (ID: UTM 8881), who can speak Khmer in Khmer territories near Anlong Veng. The Thai soldier told them that he is hungry asked for food. At the same time he asked where are Khmer military bases, how many Khmer soldiers are based in the area and whether there are any Vietnamese soldiers are in the area.
The Khmer soldiers suspected him to be a spy and immediately detained him, but at 5 o'clock in the afternoon he was released to return back to Thailand.
Koh Santepheap newspaper
2nd March, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
At 8:30pm on 28th February, Khmer border police arrested four Thai soldiers for illegally entering Cambodia to go to a brothel at Choam Sra-Ngam Checkpoint near Anlong Veng but were released immediately. They were dressed in civilian clothes and were unarmed.
Locals said that the areas are infested with brothels and criminals. They said that the Thai always sneaked inside without any measures taken against them because there are too many authorities that are manning the borders Checkpoint and no one seems to care.
In a separate incident, on 27th February, one Thai soldier named Supharp Wong-prah, who ventured into Khmer territories at O' Kro-Nhoung near Anlong Veng, was arrested carrying 69-type land-mines and a pistol. He would not give any answers during the interogation, but the Khmer iterrogators assumed that this soldier is probably a spy sent to search for intelligence about the Khmer military bases. According to Radio Free Asia, this Thai soldier had been arrested once before for crossing illegally into Khmer territories.
In another separate incident on 26th February, a group of Khmer soldiers met a lone Thai soldier named Sam Lerttumchan, age 32 (ID: UTM 8881), who can speak Khmer in Khmer territories near Anlong Veng. The Thai soldier told them that he is hungry asked for food. At the same time he asked where are Khmer military bases, how many Khmer soldiers are based in the area and whether there are any Vietnamese soldiers are in the area.
The Khmer soldiers suspected him to be a spy and immediately detained him, but at 5 o'clock in the afternoon he was released to return back to Thailand.
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