08 June 2010
DAP news
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Oddar Meanchey province – A source reported to DAP news at 9:50 AM on 08 June 2010 that there was an armed clash between Cambodian and invading Thai troops at O’Chambak point, near Chhouk Run area, Trapaing Prasat district, Oddar Meanchey province.
General Chea Dara, the RCAF deputy –commander, told DAP that the clash took place when 15 Cambodian soldiers were patrolling the border and Thai troops opened fire on them using M-16 machine guns and M-79 grenade launchers. Cambodian troops responded with their PKM guns.
According to reliable source, Thai troops were killed and injured during the clash, but Cambodian troops did not sustain any casualties or injuries.
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Phnom Penh (DPA) - The Ministry of Defence said Cambodian and Thai troops briefly exchanged fire along the border early Tuesday.
General Chhum Socheat, a ministry spokesman, said no Cambodian soldiers were injured in the morning exchange. He said he did not know whether there were Thai casualties.
"After the fighting stopped, the two sides met each other and said that a mistake caused the (clash)," he said of the six-minute clash.
"I heard that we were in our area and the Thais were in theirs, and (the soldiers) could not see each other clearly," he added.
The exchange of gunfire took place in Oddar Meanchey province around 40 kilometres west of Preah Vihear temple, a regular flashpoint between the two nations.
The relationship between Cambodia and Thailand has been tense for nearly two years with sporadic clashes. Much of their common border has yet to be demarcated.
Diplomatic relations worsened markedly in October when Cambodia appointed Thailand's fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser.
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