Written by DAP NEWS -- Thursday, 17 September 2009 05:40
The Thai Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied that their armed forces burned a Yun Rithy, a Cambo- dian citizen, alive after catching him cutting down trees illegally on the Thai border.
The Thai rejection came following a diplomatic note from Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) sent to the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. The note asked for clarification of details related to the case.
Thai Ministry Spokesman Vimon Kidchob on Tuesday was quoted by the Bangkok Post as saying that the his ministry had checked the report with the Border Affairs Department under the Supreme Command and found it “baseless.”
“Thai soldiers fired bullets into the sky near the border in Surin on Friday last week after finding about eights Cambodian teenagers were sneaking into Thai territory to cut down trees,” Vimon was quoted. “The report was misunderstanding and Thai soldiers did not use force in the incident,” she said.
However, Koy Kuong, Cambodian MFAIC spokesman, told DAP News Cambodia that, according to information published by the Bangkok Post, the denial was not a formal Thai Government statement so the Cambodian MFAIC could not clarify details of it. “Before we sent the diplomatic note to Thailand, we thought deeply,” Koy Kuong added.
Oddor Meanchey Inspection Chief Chhen Sivuth said it was clear that the Cambodian citizen was killed by being burned alive after being shot by Thai soldiers.
“Yun Rithy was killed by burning alive while another named Mao Khloueng was serious injured in the abdomen and is now staying at a provincial hospital,” he confirmed.
The Cambodian MFAIC on Tuesday sent a diplomatic note to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, complaining about “inhumane acts,” a reference to the alleged burning to death of one Cambodian citizen, according to the MFAIC diplomatic note.
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