Mon, 14 Sep 2009
DPA
Phnom Penh - A senior provincial official in Cambodia accused Thai soldiers of shooting a teenager engaged in illegal logging and then burning him, local media reported Monday. The district governor of Samrong district in Oddar Meanchey province in western Cambodia said 16-year-old Yon Rith was arrested by Thai soldiers for illegally felling trees in Thai territory.
Governor Thon Nol said another teenager was also shot and seriously injured by Thai soldiers, but was carried back to Cambodia by villagers and taken to a provincial hospital.
"We are looking for all measures to assist the victims as well as the actions of the Thai authorities," Thon Nol told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
He said Yon Rith's family had recovered the teenager's body and taken it back to their village for the funeral.
Another official in the provincial government condemned the killing.
"Why did they burn a person alive?" asked Pich Ratana. "[The armed forces] should have arrested them if they did anything wrong in Thailand."
The newspaper said the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh was not available to comment on the allegation.
There have been other incidents in recent weeks of Cambodians being arrested by the Thai military for logging illegally across the common border. Two Cambodian men were shot dead by Thai soldiers last month in an act the Thai military described as self-defence.
DPA
Phnom Penh - A senior provincial official in Cambodia accused Thai soldiers of shooting a teenager engaged in illegal logging and then burning him, local media reported Monday. The district governor of Samrong district in Oddar Meanchey province in western Cambodia said 16-year-old Yon Rith was arrested by Thai soldiers for illegally felling trees in Thai territory.
Governor Thon Nol said another teenager was also shot and seriously injured by Thai soldiers, but was carried back to Cambodia by villagers and taken to a provincial hospital.
"We are looking for all measures to assist the victims as well as the actions of the Thai authorities," Thon Nol told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
He said Yon Rith's family had recovered the teenager's body and taken it back to their village for the funeral.
Another official in the provincial government condemned the killing.
"Why did they burn a person alive?" asked Pich Ratana. "[The armed forces] should have arrested them if they did anything wrong in Thailand."
The newspaper said the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh was not available to comment on the allegation.
There have been other incidents in recent weeks of Cambodians being arrested by the Thai military for logging illegally across the common border. Two Cambodian men were shot dead by Thai soldiers last month in an act the Thai military described as self-defence.
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It is a shame that over 90 percent of the people of Thailand preach Buddhism (a religion of peace and compassion), but practice sinfulness. Like wise, Thai military personnel have very strong Buddhist faith; yet they are extremely barbaric at heart. The murdering and burning alive of several unarmed Cambodian children is a testament to their evil and cowardly act. Now the whole world know the root cause of the unrest in Sourthern Thailand. It's nice to know that a few brave people in the South has finally stood up for their rights against the Thai military tyranny. In the past, Thailand was getting away with so many murderings and rapings of Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees. Today, the United Nations must be legitimized and see that Thailand be held accountable for their crime against humanity. If left unpunished, Thailand will continue to freely abused human right especially to the current Burmese refugees .
To the evil and hypocrite Thais and their murderist king Bhumibol Adulyadej (ruler of Thailand's military): justice may be blinded, but karma will eventually catch up to all your sins. In fact, it’s already starting to happen as we speak; political turmoil, civil unrest, fighting in the North and South, declined economy, and soon another major tsunami. You better start praying to your Lord Buddha for forgiveness to all your sins now, for he may spare your souls. Mark these words for all times: What goes around, comes around (justice will prevail in one way or another).
"The Thais have a long, long history of shooting Cambodian civilians, indeed they massacred thousands fleeing from the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese at Preah Vihear and were guilty of torture, thievery, rape and murder during the 70's and 80's, supplying Pol Pot and his KR Cadres with weapons, logistics, tactical support and even a special forces unit to guard Brother Number One himself. Unsurprising that Thai history books show none of these atrocities but rest assure the Cambodians remember them well.
Some posters saying we should be wary of Cambodian propaganda, I'd suggest we are more sceptical of the Thai military's version of events given their atrocious record of deceit and lies when it comes to their conduct, most recently of course the murder of the Rohigyna boat people and subsequent cover-up."
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