| Thai soldiers kill 38 Cambodian illegal loggers in 6 months |
| Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-08-14 11:08 |
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Thirty-eight Cambodian people had been shot dead by Thai armed forces during the first six months of this year when they crossed border to log in Thai territory, according to a report of Cambodia-Thailand Border Relation Office released to the media on Tuesday.
The report, signed by Brigadier General Pich Vanna, chief of Cambodia-Thailand Border Relation Office on Aug. 12, added that besides the dead, 10 others were wounded, 194 were imprisoned, and one is still missing.
It said that, during the January-June period this year, Thai authority had also arrested and deported 68,659 Cambodian illegal crossers back to Cambodia.
Cambodia shares more than 800-kilometer border with Thailand to the north and west. |
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