Soy Sopheap (L) posing with Gen. Chea Dara at his command post on top of the Preah Vihear hill.By Khmerization
Source: DAP News
Gen. Chea Dara, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, has told Mr. Soy Sopheap, Bayon TV anchorman and publisher of DAP News, that in the 2 days of fighting, Cambodian troops had killed 32 Thai soldiers on the spots, caused injuries to many more and captured 5 Thai soldiers.
Armed clashes erupted between Cambodian and Thai troops at many locations near Preah Vihear temple at 3:15 p.m on Friday and lasted until 5:45 p.m. The clashes erupted again early this morning at 6:15 a.m near Preah Vihear temple and Phnom Trop, 5 kilometres east of Preah Vihear temple.
Soy Sopheap quoted Gen. Chea Dara as saying that Cambodian troops had killed 5 Thai soldiers at Sombok Khmum battlefield and 11 were killed at the Red House when it was destroyed by Cambodian artillery shells during the fighting yesterday and 4 Thai soldiers were captured. The fighting erupted again at 6:15 a.m this morning when 6 Thai soldiers were killed at Sombok Khmum, 7 were killed at the Red House and 3 were killed and one captured at the Phnom Trop battlefield.
On top of these, Cambodian troops had destroyed one artillery tow truck, destroyed 12 houses, one market, one petrol station, one water well and destroyed 4 buildings within the Red House compound. Other than these, he claimed that Cambodian troops had destroyed many Thai tanks and military positions.
On the Cambodian side, Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak pagoda and Preah Vihear temple had suffered significant damages by Thai 105, 130 and 150 milimetres shells. Thai artillery shelled the two places to open ways for Thai ground forces to move in to occupy the two temples, but they were repelled by experienced Cambodian troops, leaving the dead and the wounded behind. He said there were many international tourists visiting the temple at the time and Cambodian troops have protected them and evacuated them safely. But, unfortunately, one photographer was killed when Thai troops rained their machine guns on the Preah Vihear temple.
Gen. Chea Dara said, at this moment, the situations at Preah Vihear temple and the nearby military front lines are still very tense because Thailand had reinforced between 18,000-20,000 Thai troops to the areas. He added that Cambodian troops are on high alert at all time.
Neither Mr. Soy Sopheap nor Gen. Chea Dara had revealed the number of casualties on Cambodian side, which make their assessments and reports of the Thai casualties less credible.
Soy Sopheap's report and Gen. Chea Dara's alleged casualty figures of the Thai side seemed too high compared to the Thai claims and international news agencies' reports. Most international media reports quoted the number of deaths on the Thai side as one soldier and 2 civilian killed and about 4 soldiers wounded.
Source: DAP News
Gen. Chea Dara, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, has told Mr. Soy Sopheap, Bayon TV anchorman and publisher of DAP News, that in the 2 days of fighting, Cambodian troops had killed 32 Thai soldiers on the spots, caused injuries to many more and captured 5 Thai soldiers.
Armed clashes erupted between Cambodian and Thai troops at many locations near Preah Vihear temple at 3:15 p.m on Friday and lasted until 5:45 p.m. The clashes erupted again early this morning at 6:15 a.m near Preah Vihear temple and Phnom Trop, 5 kilometres east of Preah Vihear temple.
Soy Sopheap quoted Gen. Chea Dara as saying that Cambodian troops had killed 5 Thai soldiers at Sombok Khmum battlefield and 11 were killed at the Red House when it was destroyed by Cambodian artillery shells during the fighting yesterday and 4 Thai soldiers were captured. The fighting erupted again at 6:15 a.m this morning when 6 Thai soldiers were killed at Sombok Khmum, 7 were killed at the Red House and 3 were killed and one captured at the Phnom Trop battlefield.
On top of these, Cambodian troops had destroyed one artillery tow truck, destroyed 12 houses, one market, one petrol station, one water well and destroyed 4 buildings within the Red House compound. Other than these, he claimed that Cambodian troops had destroyed many Thai tanks and military positions.
On the Cambodian side, Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvarak pagoda and Preah Vihear temple had suffered significant damages by Thai 105, 130 and 150 milimetres shells. Thai artillery shelled the two places to open ways for Thai ground forces to move in to occupy the two temples, but they were repelled by experienced Cambodian troops, leaving the dead and the wounded behind. He said there were many international tourists visiting the temple at the time and Cambodian troops have protected them and evacuated them safely. But, unfortunately, one photographer was killed when Thai troops rained their machine guns on the Preah Vihear temple.
Gen. Chea Dara said, at this moment, the situations at Preah Vihear temple and the nearby military front lines are still very tense because Thailand had reinforced between 18,000-20,000 Thai troops to the areas. He added that Cambodian troops are on high alert at all time.
Neither Mr. Soy Sopheap nor Gen. Chea Dara had revealed the number of casualties on Cambodian side, which make their assessments and reports of the Thai casualties less credible.
Soy Sopheap's report and Gen. Chea Dara's alleged casualty figures of the Thai side seemed too high compared to the Thai claims and international news agencies' reports. Most international media reports quoted the number of deaths on the Thai side as one soldier and 2 civilian killed and about 4 soldiers wounded.
12 comments:
I hope they are not too concern about how much havoc the y cause each other, I hope to see more report on the state of preach vihear. I hope it's not too damaged, this would not happen if the government sought 3rd party intervention since the beginning. I guess, it's abit late since the temple has retained irreversible damage.
Sam rainsy Mosolini and Hitler, they are using the same ideosensory misconception, they are very goods in puting the bige futur and the past dream(vission) on people heard, Rainsy he see youn will swallow khmer in the future and he said youn will accomplished Hochiminch pland in the past, hitler he puted bige dream in millions of Germany heard to believe that white supremacy could controle the world, these idiosensory are the most dangereouse ideology on earth, the purpose is to make ordinarys people strong believe that it is real, in order using this tools or this peopel to die for what they believe in are reality, but it is just a futur picture, or past issue that don't have concret proved support this idea, if he continue to cheat people on futur or past concept it will bring chaos to the nation and no one will responsible for the killingfield again.Mike
Great job gen. Dara!!! Please kill more Thais next time! That 4.6 is not a dispute. It's our land!!!!!!! You should move more troop in that areas.
11:00PM, Cambodia wanted to do multi-lateral talks with the ASEAN and UN before this latest clash. Guess what, Thailand thought it was a very bad idea, why? Because Thailand doesn't have anything to argue about. Thailand will lose everything if it went multi-lateral route talks. It will also have to lose the so-called disputed territory. There no is such thing as "disputed territory". According to Siemese-Franco agreement signed in 1907 between Siem and France, who was Cambodia's protectorate, nothing was disputed. It was agreed upon, both sides signed the agreement. Disputed territory bullshit was made up by Thai military to create a reason to put Thai troops to invade Preah Vihear. This disputed territory was create by Thailand during the 1980's when Khmer Rouge were fighting the Vietnamese occupation. The KR had positioned themselves there so to have easy access to arms supply shipped via Thailand. After the war, KR withdrew and Thailand claimed that as disputed territory. Legally, that disputed territory is part of Cambodia. Thailand had nothing to do with that. This goes to prove that Thailand is a crook.
why soy sopheap dit not to visite est border vietnam and cambodia
I think Cambodian soldiers fought bravely, but Gen. Chea Dara's figures of Thai deaths seem a bit too high. From now on I think Thai troops will think twice before bullying Cambodian troops or push in into our territory.
Two khmer soldier died, one Photo Picture taker died...Foreigner visitor witness the whole thing...Shelling came from Sombok Khmom, thai soldier started first! M-79, thai shooting first toward the stair case of the Temple!
9:42 AM, any report on the casuaty on the Thai side. I know Thai military have claimed to killed many Khmer soldiers, destroyed many tanks, APCs, and BM-21 rocket launchers. We know Thai military called for ceasefire, so this said a lot about the whole true nature of this quick but bloody clash. I know Thailand is very good at making up story. So maybe it's the other way around. Maybe Thai military suffered great loss but prefer to lie about the true outcome for political reason, perhaps.
2:05am Mike,You are barking like a mad dog for what? Why don't you came out and said that you were a vietnamese agent to create comfuse amoung cambodian people,But you already known that we aren't stupid like you.Don't worry east-side of our border will be next.
Mike!Even majority of CCP party still concerned about vietnamese take our Cambodian land too.
(We khmer must united for the sake of our nation)
Love Khmer
Mike, by the look of what he wrote and said sounded like a deranged or mentally unstable person who has a hatred for Sam Rainsy.
Now, Cambodian and Thai troops are fighting but instead he condemned Rainsy for nothing. We need to talk about the Thai invasion and be united and put personal issues aside Mike. Your ranting against Sam Rainsy should be enough now and please concentrate on engaging in a sensible discussion.
Remember that Mr. Chea sophara build road to preah vihear in 2006, The thai used rainsy party as a tools, stupide Rainsy he call on hundred of mob demonstration to burn down the thai embassy, the thai trick was worked very well by asking gov't to get rid of MR, Chea Sophara, and the road to preah vihear was stoped. don't you see rainsy he either spying for thai or he work very hard for our enemy thai, and he rainsy just make another calle for people power last week to divide our khmer, durring the thai prepared for war, now you clearly see that Rainsy is the real trator wasn't he?. Mike
I donot known the fact that occured but only known thai armed froce have two solder and one people have been killed
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