Picture of 16 year-old Yon Rith before he died.Source: Radio Free Asia
Reported in English by Khmerization
A police official said that the Ouddor Meanchey provincial authority has sent a group of police to Kroch Sakhorn village in Kon Kreal commune in Ouddor Meanchey province to interview witnesses and find more evidences about the case of a Cambodian teenage boy burned alive by Thai soldiers.
On 11th September, 12 Cambodian loggers were set upon by a group of Thai soldiers who opened fires indiscriminately. Two loggers were wounded, one, 18 year-old Mao Kloeng had escaped while 16 year-old Yon Rith was unable to escape due to his wounded. He was alleged to have been burned alive by Thai soldiers.
Mr. Lek Sokha, assistant to the Ouddor Meanchey provincial police departement, said a number of police had been sent to the victims' village. "Among the 12 loggers, some of them saw Thai soldiers shot at the wounded boy at execution-style while he was lying on the ground where they found his burned out body, but he did not see the actual burning because he was running away", he said.
Mr. Pech Sokhin, Governor of Ouddor Meanchey province, said when all documents and evidences are collected, the provincial authority will write a report to the Cambodian government.
Gen. Wiboolsak Neparn, the Thai commander of Military Region Two, denied that Thai troops wounded and burned the Cambodian teenage boy alive. He even denied that the Thai soldiers from unit 2608, who accused of burning alive the teenager, were not even in the area.
But during the meeting with Cambodian military officials last week, Thai military officers have acknowledged their soldiers burned the body of a 16-year-old Cambodian boy suspected of illegal logging, but insist they only did so after he was dead.
Reported in English by Khmerization
A police official said that the Ouddor Meanchey provincial authority has sent a group of police to Kroch Sakhorn village in Kon Kreal commune in Ouddor Meanchey province to interview witnesses and find more evidences about the case of a Cambodian teenage boy burned alive by Thai soldiers.
On 11th September, 12 Cambodian loggers were set upon by a group of Thai soldiers who opened fires indiscriminately. Two loggers were wounded, one, 18 year-old Mao Kloeng had escaped while 16 year-old Yon Rith was unable to escape due to his wounded. He was alleged to have been burned alive by Thai soldiers.
Mr. Lek Sokha, assistant to the Ouddor Meanchey provincial police departement, said a number of police had been sent to the victims' village. "Among the 12 loggers, some of them saw Thai soldiers shot at the wounded boy at execution-style while he was lying on the ground where they found his burned out body, but he did not see the actual burning because he was running away", he said.
Mr. Pech Sokhin, Governor of Ouddor Meanchey province, said when all documents and evidences are collected, the provincial authority will write a report to the Cambodian government.
Gen. Wiboolsak Neparn, the Thai commander of Military Region Two, denied that Thai troops wounded and burned the Cambodian teenage boy alive. He even denied that the Thai soldiers from unit 2608, who accused of burning alive the teenager, were not even in the area.
But during the meeting with Cambodian military officials last week, Thai military officers have acknowledged their soldiers burned the body of a 16-year-old Cambodian boy suspected of illegal logging, but insist they only did so after he was dead.
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