"In the letter, he accused Thai forces of having "widened the conflict zone by erecting barbed wire and barricades," and "forcibly" evicting Cambodian civilians from their "long-settled lands" in two border villages in northwestern Banteay Meanchey province since last month. "Twenty-five families have already been blocked from their homes and fields," Hun Manet wrote, saying a Thai military spokesperson had threatened more evictions, "potentially affecting hundreds of households comprised of about a thousand inhabitants.""
"Some 23 Cambodians were injured in Wednesday's incident, according to Cambodian authorities. The clash took place at a disputed border town that Thailand claims as part of Ban Nong Ya Kew village in southeastern Sa Kaeo province, but which Cambodia says is part of Prey Chan village in its northwestern Bantheay Meanchey province. The Southeast Asian neighbors had just recently reached a ceasefire in late July, after five days of clashes along the border left at least 43 people dead."
Thai forces erected barbed wire and barricades along the Cambodia-Thailand border and forcibly evicted Cambodian civilians from long-settled lands in two border villages of Banteay Meanchey province. Twenty-five families have been blocked from returning to their homes and fields, with threats of further evictions potentially affecting hundreds of households and about a thousand inhabitants. An incident in a disputed town injured some 23 Cambodians after Thai police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. A late-July ceasefire followed five days of clashes along the border that left at least 43 people dead.
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