Two Cambodians arrested for attacking DSI officials

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Two Cambodians arrested for attacking DSI officials



BANGKOK: -- Two Cambodians were arrested for allegedly beating up a group of officials of the Department of Special Investigation and damaging their two cars at the Rong Klua market near the Thai-Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaew.

The two suspects, 23-year old Som-one Kone and 24-year old Sai-ha Yim, reportedly told Klong Luek police enquiry officers said they heard their compatriots at the market place shouting that the DSI officials were imposters trying to take away fake brandname products from shops at the market.

They said they were furious and ran toward the officials throwing missiles at them while the other Cambodians joined in the scuffle.

Police said the two suspects work as labourers at the market. They are detained for further interrogation to find out the mastermind behind the attack of the DSI officials on Wednesday.

Accompanied by an official from the French embassy, troops and officials from the intellectual property protection office, the DSI officials went to the market to investigate fake brandname products.

The market is quiet on Thursday with most of the shops closed and the number of Cambodians crossing the border checkpoint to work at the market has dropped substantially to a trickle.

An informed source said that many Cambodian traders who own shops at the market did not open their shops for fear that they may be harassed or bullied by Thai officials.

Meanwhile, a Cambodian radio today (Thursday) broadcasted interviews with several traders who criticized the DSI officials for their bullying practice.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/149529


-- Thai PBS 2016-02-05

[EricBerg]

There'll soon be tea money negotiated by traders. Then it's business as usual.

[Srikcir]

No mastermind behind the attack found.

Negotiations have already begun.

[condo bought]

I hope they're not sentenced to 10 years on a Thai fishing boat.

[Redline]

Foreigners. I thought it was a spontaneous situation? In any case, it doesn't take a mastermind. If you steal something in Cambodia, your punishment is a swift beating by civilians. That's not planned.

[Thian]

So there are cambodians selling counterfeit products on a Thai market?? And they even have the guts to smash the policecar windows and throw them upside down?

I thought it would be Thai selling those products and fighting their own police.

I remember being in the "no mans land" between thai and cambodia where they sold very cheap booze and cigarettes. They had all brands available. While we had to wait there also many very young girls came to check us out and kiddy's begging for money.

Guess it would never happen that somebody serves those fake whiskeys in a bar where drunk quality tourists are having their holday....of course not..silly me.

[springheeled jack]

i did a post on this stating the police would find it difficult bringing these people to justice i was obviously wrong my opologies

[springheeled jack]

i did a post on this stating the police would find it difficult bringing these people to justice i was obviously wrong my opologies

[Artisi]

i did a post on this stating the police would find it difficult bringing these people to justice i was obviously wrong my opologies

Justice - are you sure ...

[rooster59]

Hun Sen asked to help two Cambodians arrested for attacking DSI officials



Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the Cambodian Foreign Ministry and its embassy in Thailand to help the two Cambodians arrested for assaulting a group of Department of Special Investigation officials at Rong Klua market on Wednesday.

According to Kampucheath Mey newspaper, Cambodian posted in their Facebook pages appealing Mr Hun Sen to approach his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, to provide help to the two arrested Cambodians and to ask the Thai government to allow Cambodian traders to return to the border market.

The two Cambodians, Somon Kong and Saiha Yim, who worked at the market were each sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Sa Kaew provincial court on Thursday for involvement in the attack of DSI officials.

The paper said that Foreign Minister Haw Nam Hong passed on the Cambodian people’s appeal for help to Mr Hun Sen.

DSI officials believe that the attack was plotted by some influential figures whose business at the Rong Klua market affected by frequent raids by DSI officials in search of fake brandname products.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/149755

-- Thai PBS 2016-01-05

[Scouse123]

The top and bottom is the foreigners turn up on behalf of their governments in the vain hope that something is being done to protect the ' intellectual property rights ' of the companies from their respective countries, on this occasion, France;and then hand support money to stamp this practice out to those in uniform who are the very ones behind this practice in this first place.

So, for ' keeping up appearances ' a few token arrests of nondescript Cambodians and a bit of a kerfuffle to justify funds paid for by foreign governments to police and stamp out the illegal trade and then all back to normal.

Pathetic, it happens with drugs as well, all the time, it's a shame foreign governments do not stop throwing money at it thinking they are doing something to stem the tide of fake goods, copies of designer gear and drugs.

A different approach needs to be considered and looked at. They have tried this method for the last 50 years, guess what? It doesn't work!

Incidentally, Poipet / Aranyaprathet seems to get worse by the month. Full of the lowest scumbags, chancers and shysters from both Thailand and Cambodia, from the guys in uniform right down to the pretend nurses at the vaccination stations and all the rest of the crap including the ' bussed in ' mafia controlled beggars.

I always fly now in either direction as its the best way to avoid this nonsense at that border crossing.

[Nobb]

Big decision on who rules in Thailand? If you do not arrest and convict these cambodian thugs your DSI will never respect you or your so called law again!