Military Protests New Thai Fence Near Preah Vihear

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Check the Cambodia Daily website now for details. We'll update this post with the article from PPP as soon as possible.

We know that the Thai medias mention this issue already but it's important in "TV Cambodia news" to publish the articles written in Cambodia to allow you to have TWO different points of view.

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This has been my main concern with the junta in power.

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The Phnom Penh Post chose to do not mention this information.

Let's hope they are right to ignore this incident which could be an isolated misunderstanding and NOT the first step / reason of the next escalation.

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Cambodia has asked Thailand to remove barbed wire from the area near the disputed Preah Vihear Temple, a senior government official said Monday.

Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, told Kyodo News the Cambodian army sent a letter to the Thai side May 29 asking the Thais to remove 150 meters of barbed wire erected a day earlier in front of the temple.

He said the Thai army had erected the barbed wire just days after the Thai military overthrew the Thai government.

"We don't want to see any military action as a new bad message presented by the military government of Thailand, which is against the justice of the verdict by the International Court of Justice," he said.

He added the erection of the barbed wire has violated the decision by the ICJ concerning the area near Preah Vihear.

As of Monday, the Thai army had not removed the wire, but the situation along the border remains calm, according to Phay Siphan.

After the temple was designated a World Heritage site in 2008, Cambodian and Thai troops engaged in firefights over land around it, resulting in casualties on both sides.

Later, Cambodia submitted a petition to the ICJ and in November last year, the ICJ ruled in favor of Cambodia in its territorial dispute with Thailand over land adjoining the ancient temple near the Cambodian-Thai border.

==Kyodo

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140602/cambodia-asks-thailand-remove-barbed-wire-near-dispute