Khouth Sophak Chakrya

 

Cambodian and Thai authorities have agreed to reopen several unofficial border crossings in Banteay Meanchey province, two weeks after announcing they would close the checkpoints to stop smuggling, human trafficking and illegal immigration.

 

Si Chheang, a police officer at one of the passages in Malai district, said officials from both countries decided to reverse the November 3 decision to shut the crossings to allow farmers on both sides to trade and migrant workers from Cambodia to work in Thailand.

 

Chheang said local Thai and Cambodian officials met on Tuesday to establish the conditions for reopening the crossing, which included a requirement that Cambodians working across the border return home before the end of the day.

 

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the officially closed unofficial crossings are now officially reopened after smuggling, human trafficking and illegal immigration have ceased to be in under 2 weeks. It is amazing and uplifting to witness cooperation and goodwill by officials of two neighboring, corruption-free countries.

Amen.

On 11/17/2016 at 9:23 AM, geovalin said:

authorities have agreed to reopen several unofficial border crossings

W.F. ...... officially unofficial or unofficially official ?

Been at one of these crossings last week, for me it seamed business as usual.

A couple of trucks, loaded with rice, lot's of school kids crossed on bicycles n and some adults went across at Ou Adong.

The way they dressed they were local people. 

6 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

the officially closed unofficial crossings are now officially reopened after smuggling, human trafficking and illegal immigration have ceased to be in under 2 weeks. It is amazing and uplifting to witness cooperation and goodwill by officials of two neighboring, corruption-free countries.

Amen.

Shhhhhh!  It's supposed to be a secret.  Officially and unofficially