- Writer: BangkokPost.com
- Published: 18/08/2009
Eleven Cambodian men were arrested on Tuesday after a clash between a security patrol and a group of people suspected of illegally felling trees in Si Sa Ket province near the border with Cambodia, the Public Relations Department announced.
The combined police and military unit was patrolling the border between Phra Phalai and Kraban Krabai passes in Khun Han district, opposite Cambodia's Preah Vihear province.
After the firefight, the Thais arrested 11 Cambodians and seized four chainsaws, two carts and two Cambodian military uniforms, the statement said.
Between 200 and 300 blocks of processed wood were also seized. The suspects were being held at Khun Han district police station for interrogation.
According to the Khmer-language Reaksmei Kampuchea newspaper, the 11 people arrested were part of a group of 43 migrant workers who crossed to work in Thailand everyday. The paper said when the 43 Cambodian migrant workers reached the Khmer-Thai borders, a joint Thai military and police patrol opened fires on the group, injuring 40 year-old Sam Pov on the shoulder and arrested 11 people, while the other 32 people escaped back into Cambodian territory.
Gen. Chea Dara, Cambodian commander-in-chief in charge of the Preah Vihear Border Operations confirmed the arrests of 11 Cambodian migrant workers, but said he did not know the reason of the arrests.
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