Thai border shootings down

Thai police shot less than half as many Cambodians in 2015 as they did in 2014, according to a new Ministry of Interior report. Last year, 14 Cambodians were shot while encroaching into Thai territory, with five killed and nine injured, down from 25 shot, nine fatally, in 2014.

Both years’ figures were a drastic reduction from 2013, when 69 were killed, prompting Phnom Penh to send a letter to Bangkok “calling on Thai soldiers to stop shooting”. Or Yong, deputy chief of border post 807 in Banteay Meanchey province, where many of those shot cross into Thailand, said Thai authorities never shot Cambodians for merely crossing the border illegally.

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