4 Thais arrested in Cambodia [Lucky, they are not shot dead, many Cambodian were shot dead by thai soldiers for crossing the borders]

26/03/2012
Bangkok Post

Two Thai couples were arrested by Cambodian authorities on Sunday night and charged with illegal entry, Burapa Task Force deputy commander Kukiat Srinaka said on Monday.

Col Kukiat said the Thai-Cambodian border coordination office in Sa Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district reported that the four people were arrested while travelling on two pick-up trucks in Thmor Pouk district of Bantey Meanchey province, about 9km from the Thai border.

They were identified as Saran Panphet, 42, and his wife Suriya, 42, and Bai Sodachan, 24, and his wife Wanwisa, 24.

Pol Lt-Col Benjapol Rodsawat, deputy immigration police chief of Sa Kaeo province, said he had learned from the Thai-Cambodian border coordination office that the four sought permission from Cambodian border patrol police to take their vehicles, along with some mining equipment, through the Bung Ta Kuan - Ta Phraya border crossing to make a survey in Oddar Meanchey province without seeking permission from the authorities.

On the way to Oddar Meanchey, they were accompanied by three Cambodian border patrol police.

They were later arrested by soldiers from Cambodia's 51st Infantry Division at a village in Thmor Pouk district and charged with illegal entry as they had no travel documents.

The four were due to appear in the Si Sophon Court this afternoon, Pol Lt-Col Benjapol said.

Thais face court in Sisophon
March 27, 2012
The Nation

Four Thai nationals have been apprehended in Cambodia after entering the country to conduct a survey at a mine without authorisation, Sa Kaew immigration police said yesterday.

The four Thais, two married couples, are in Cambodian military custody. They have been charged with illegal entry and carrying no travel documents, police said. They were identified as Sa Kaew natives Saran Parnphet and wife Suriya, and Bai Sodajan and wife Wanwisa.

The four entered Cambodia early yesterday without notifying Thai authorities. They were due to stand trial at a court in Sisophon in Banteay Meanchey late yesterday, but no verdict had been reached at press time.


Quoting Cambodian authorities and military, Thai police said the four were travelling in two pickup trucks carrying survey equipment and generators nine kilometres inside the country when stopped by soldiers in Banteay Meanchey, adjacent to Sa Kaew province.

The four were reportedly accompanied by a group of four Cambodian border patrol police in Banteay Meanchay - but stopped by a different group of soldiers in Oddar Meanchey, where the mine, their destination, is located.