Top: Cambodian soldiers deployed to stop the Thai yellow shirted protesters from entering Cambodia. Below: Thai police tried to stop the yellow shirted protesters from crossing into Cambodian territory on 5th January 2011.
Published: 13/01/2011
Bangkok Post
About 300 people from four border districts of Sa Kaeo province gathered in front of the office of the Municipality of Aranyaprathet on Thursday in opposition to the Thai Patriots Network's (TPN) threat to move to Aranyaprathet and force the closure of the border checkpoint, police said.
The people from Ta Phraya, Khok Sung, Aranyaprathet and Khlong Hat districts said the responsibility for helping the seven Thais arrested in Cambodia rests with the government and the Foreign Affairs Ministry, not the yellow-shirt TPN.
They said the safety of people living along the border would be at risk if a war broke out.
Pol Maj-Gen Theerayuth Thammasaroj, the Sa Kaeo police chief, ordered police in the four border districts to set up checkpoints and search vehicles entering the border area for weapons. A list of TPN core members and vehicle licence plate numbers was distributed to police at all checkpoints.
The Khlong Luek-Poi Pet checkpoint was open as usual on Thursday morning, but the number of Thai tourists heading for Angor Wat in Siem Reap was apparently fewer than usual.
The number of Thai gamblers theading for the nine casinos in Poi Pet also dropped, to below 900.
Bangkok Post
About 300 people from four border districts of Sa Kaeo province gathered in front of the office of the Municipality of Aranyaprathet on Thursday in opposition to the Thai Patriots Network's (TPN) threat to move to Aranyaprathet and force the closure of the border checkpoint, police said.
The people from Ta Phraya, Khok Sung, Aranyaprathet and Khlong Hat districts said the responsibility for helping the seven Thais arrested in Cambodia rests with the government and the Foreign Affairs Ministry, not the yellow-shirt TPN.
They said the safety of people living along the border would be at risk if a war broke out.
Pol Maj-Gen Theerayuth Thammasaroj, the Sa Kaeo police chief, ordered police in the four border districts to set up checkpoints and search vehicles entering the border area for weapons. A list of TPN core members and vehicle licence plate numbers was distributed to police at all checkpoints.
The Khlong Luek-Poi Pet checkpoint was open as usual on Thursday morning, but the number of Thai tourists heading for Angor Wat in Siem Reap was apparently fewer than usual.
The number of Thai gamblers theading for the nine casinos in Poi Pet also dropped, to below 900.
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