Thai - Cambodia Conflict Thai Troops Detain 18 Cambodian Soldiers After Border Skirmish

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Picture courtesy of Siam Rath

 

Thai military detains 18 Cambodian soldiers, ensuring humane treatment after clashes in Si Sa Ket's Sam Taet area

 

THAILAND - On 29th July, Wassana Nanuam, a military affairs journalist, reported on social media that Thai troops have detained 18 Cambodian soldiers following a border skirmish.

 

The incident occurred in Sam Taet, Si Sa Ket province, after Cambodian forces fired heavy weapons into Thai territory. In response, Thai special cavalry units struck back, leading to the Cambodian soldiers' surrender.

 

The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private, all treated humanely with essentials like clothing, food, and medical care according to international military protocols. Among those affected, Corporal Mom Ridtee sustained gunshot wounds to his right hip and left arm and has undergone surgery in a Thai hospital, as reported by Siam Rath.

 

Cambodian soldiers were found deceased, and their bodies will be returned with full honours.

The Thai Army remains committed to upholding international human rights and humanitarian laws, as well as the Geneva Conventions' standards for both combatants and deceased soldiers.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Siam Rath 2025-07-30

 

 

[BritScot]

Well done with how this was handled.  Harts and minds wins every time.

[Gottfrid]

Awesome job!

[edwinchester]

 

"The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private..."

 

Cambodian army seems very top heavy on the officer side.

[thaipo7]

2 hours ago, edwinchester said:

 

"The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private..."

 

Cambodian army seems very top heavy on the officer side.

I don't know what it is now, but years ago they has 4,000 generals.  The internet is show between 2,000 and 3,000.

[newbee2022]

4 hours ago, BritScot said:

Well done with how this was handled.  Harts and minds wins every time.

Hards?? 

[hotchilli]

Breakfast in Thailand, back home in time for tea.

[Free the 115]

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

Hards?? 

If you are going to pull someone up for spelling, then at least proof read your response!

[Free the 115]

4 hours ago, edwinchester said:

 

"The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private..."

 

Cambodian army seems very top heavy on the officer side.

Fair play though, that officers are at the front rather than in a war room directing ops

[newbee2022]

16 minutes ago, Free the 115 said:

If you are going to pull someone up for spelling, then at least proof read your response!

Why so aggressive?

Do you know that both would make sense? Hard and heart?

Apparently you don't. 

[Reddavy]

5 hours ago, edwinchester said:

 

"The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private..."

 

Cambodian army seems very top heavy on the officer side.

Yep same as the thais. They buy their way up the ranks. 🙈

[black tabby12345]

8 hours ago, thaipo7 said:

I don't know what it is now, but years ago they has 4,000 generals.  The internet is show between 2,000 and 3,000.

 

Generals alone, can make up one brigade lol.

[CanadaSam]

18 soldiers?  I count only 8 in the picture!

[Cameroni]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Corporal Mom Ridtee sustained gunshot wounds to his right hip and left arm and has undergone surgery in a Thai hospital

 

So enemy soldiers get free medical treatment, but Thais have to pay?

 

I did not know that.

[Patong2021]

12 hours ago, edwinchester said:

 

"The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private..."

 

Cambodian army seems very top heavy on the officer side.

It's a bit of a translation issue and an attempt to apply western type ranks to a unique Cambodian system. There is only 1 officer and he is  the most junior of ranks.  The way it was explained to me was that Cambodia doesn't have specialist designations or private first class connotations the way western style rankings have. If you pass some specialized training and are considered a possibility for leadership training you become what Thai's call a lance corporal. Corporals are the specialist class. They are not non comm officers they way they are in NATO countries or in Thailand. 

[Patong2021]

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

So enemy soldiers get free medical treatment, but Thais have to pay?

 

I did not know that.

Thai military personnel receive "free' medical care.

The Third Geneva convention of which Thailand is a signatory, require Thailand to provide medical care to POWs.

Are you really so barbaric as to wonder why there is a provision of free medical care to a POW?

[Packer]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Army remains committed to upholding international human rights and humanitarian laws

 

It was a bit different when the navy were towing out boats full of Rohingya (engines removed) and setting them adrift with no food or water to die. Or selling them to Malaysian human traffickers. 

[Free the 115]

18 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Why so aggressive?

Do you know that both would make sense? Hard and heart?

Apparently you don't. 

Aggressive?

you’ve had a sheltered life haven’t you?

You pulled him up on spelling, I did similarly and the tears start?

grow up

[newbee2022]

4 minutes ago, Free the 115 said:

Aggressive?

you’ve had a sheltered life haven’t you?

You pulled him up on spelling, I did similarly and the tears start?

grow up

Who are you? 

[newbee2022]

1 hour ago, Free the 115 said:

Aggressive?

you’ve had a sheltered life haven’t you?

You pulled him up on spelling, I did similarly and the tears start?

grow up

I did not know he's your boyfriend. Sorry 

[Peter Crow]

On 7/30/2025 at 10:39 AM, edwinchester said:

 

"The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private..."

 

Cambodian army seems very top heavy on the officer side.

Corporals are grunts, so some [part of] experienced (elite?) platoon.

[Free the 115]

9 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

I did not know he's your boyfriend. Sorry 

Like I said 

grow up

[newbee2022]

Just now, Free the 115 said:

Like I said 

grow up

Enjoy your time with him❤️

[bristolgeoff]

They are prisoners until peace and exchange happens.I thought this war  was all about a border or a temple in thailand or cambodia before.I remember the last time in phnom penh when they burnt down thai business,i was there  and saw it happen on the night.All about what a thai actress said on tv i believe.

    I think this issue is about the same thing as well