Reaksmei Kampuchea in Cambodian carries in its 2-3 January 2011 issue a report by Previn and Depo on the ongoing situation following the arrest in Banteay Meanchey province on 29 December 2010 of seven Thai nationals who were charged by Phnom Penh court for illegally crossing the border into Cambodia."Cambodian has warned that if the yellow-shirt Thais dared to illegally travel to Cambodian territory where seven Thai nationals were arrested at the end of December 2010, they would face the same fate as those seven persons. The warning was made after the yellow-shirt Thais announced that on 3 January they will rally 10,000 people to protest at the place where Cambodian soldiers recently arrested their seven compatriots."
"Koy Kuong, spokesman of the Cambodian Foreign Ministry, told Reaksmei Kampuchea that 'If they dared to commit the violation, again, they will be arrested again, because this would not be a case of them losing their way but one with an ill intention.' He further said that, without any doubt, they will be arrested if they still did not know anything because the (Thai) foreign minister, Kasit Phirom, already acknowledged that the arrest was made inside Cambodian territory. Koy Kuong warned the yellow-shirt Thais that the Cambodian Government and troops have the duty to defend Cambodian territory against aggression."
The report also says: "The yellow-shirt Thais are protesting and planning to rally 10,000 people to go to the area where Cambodian troops arrested the seven Thais, including a parliament member, for illegally entering Cambodian territory. This announcement was made following a protest against Cambodia by a group of nearly 50 Thai extremists in font of the UN building in Bangkok on 1 January 2011. Somboon Thongburan [name as transliterated], leader of the demonstrators who named their group People with Patriotic Hearts, said that the group will rally 10,000 citizens to go to the border where the seven Thai nationals were arrested on 29 December 2010 for illegal border crossing."
"The demonstrators' leader further affirmed that the area where Cambodia arrested the Thai nationals used to belong to Thailand when the United Nations set up Cambodian refugee camps during the war in 1977. After the war ended, those Cambodians refused to go back. The Thai government cannot be considered Thai by acknowledging that the area belongs to Cambodia because in the event of a territorial dispute, Thais would be at a disadvantage.
"The leader of the Thai demonstrators also affirmed that on 2 January they will bring in three nationals who escaped from t he arrested by Cambodian troops to most vigorously denounce Cambodia in front of the government house in Bangkok."
"Also on the same day [ 1 January], Ong-ach Klaiphaiboun [name as transliterated], information minister and minister attached to the prime minister's cabinet, said that his government will strive to use every means to get Cambodia to release of the seven Thai nationals but will strive to do it in such a way as not to affect the two countries."
"Koy Kuong, spokesman of the Cambodian Foreign Ministry, told Reaksmei Kampuchea that 'If they dared to commit the violation, again, they will be arrested again, because this would not be a case of them losing their way but one with an ill intention.' He further said that, without any doubt, they will be arrested if they still did not know anything because the (Thai) foreign minister, Kasit Phirom, already acknowledged that the arrest was made inside Cambodian territory. Koy Kuong warned the yellow-shirt Thais that the Cambodian Government and troops have the duty to defend Cambodian territory against aggression."
The report also says: "The yellow-shirt Thais are protesting and planning to rally 10,000 people to go to the area where Cambodian troops arrested the seven Thais, including a parliament member, for illegally entering Cambodian territory. This announcement was made following a protest against Cambodia by a group of nearly 50 Thai extremists in font of the UN building in Bangkok on 1 January 2011. Somboon Thongburan [name as transliterated], leader of the demonstrators who named their group People with Patriotic Hearts, said that the group will rally 10,000 citizens to go to the border where the seven Thai nationals were arrested on 29 December 2010 for illegal border crossing."
"The demonstrators' leader further affirmed that the area where Cambodia arrested the Thai nationals used to belong to Thailand when the United Nations set up Cambodian refugee camps during the war in 1977. After the war ended, those Cambodians refused to go back. The Thai government cannot be considered Thai by acknowledging that the area belongs to Cambodia because in the event of a territorial dispute, Thais would be at a disadvantage.
"The leader of the Thai demonstrators also affirmed that on 2 January they will bring in three nationals who escaped from t he arrested by Cambodian troops to most vigorously denounce Cambodia in front of the government house in Bangkok."
"Also on the same day [ 1 January], Ong-ach Klaiphaiboun [name as transliterated], information minister and minister attached to the prime minister's cabinet, said that his government will strive to use every means to get Cambodia to release of the seven Thai nationals but will strive to do it in such a way as not to affect the two countries."
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