Phnom Penh Post
By Vong Sokheng
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces commanders are dismissing a local media
report that a Thai military aircraft violated Cambodia’s airspace near
the disputed territory of the Preah Vihear temple on Saturday.
“No,
it is not the truth; if there is a Thai military aircraft flying along
the border, they would send us a message,” said Lieutenant General Siek
Socheat, chief of the Cambodia-Thai Border Communications office. Major
General Chea Morn, RCAF commander of Region 4, also said he wasn’t aware
of any flights.
According to DAP Online news, a Thai military
aircraft flew over the area twice on April six, first in the morning and
then in the afternoon Srey Doek, an RCAF commander based in the
vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple, declined to comment.
Ahead
of next week’s International Court of Justice hearings over a disputed
4.6-square-kilometre area adjacent to the Cambodian-owned temple,
tensions have been building on both sides of the border, though a
disproportionate amount of the political passion is in Thailand.
Protesters
in the south of the country travelled to a national park next to the
temple to broadcast their rejection of the international court’s
jurisdiction over the dispute. Thai authorities stopped them as they
were moving in the direction of the contested land, according to the
Bangkok Post.
2 comments:
No that's not truth, Thai will send us the message if they plan to do so.
They will send us a message when they want to attack us in advance. They even show us their plans how to attack us as well. LOL and PU
Remember only a few days before ICJ hearing. Siam is trying to provoke an attack from our forces facing them. Then they tell the foreigner's press that Khmers start it. They only flew inside their border and Khmers can't prove it. They might be also taking photos on our troops concentrations, strategic areas. Also these Khmer field commanders are frustrated, embarrass about it. Siam might even trying to provoke Khmer into turning on radar sites to pinpoint our air defense when the orders are given. Khmers will not turn on these radar sites to reveal themselves of their locations. We do had some small number of medium range SAM and MANPAD. Don't worry our forces facing them had been equipped better discreetly for the past three years. Khmers will be well equipped and experiences to handle a limited border fightings. Siam can't use full air powers without International rained down on them.
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