Khouth Sophak Chakrya

 

Two separate assaults of Cambodian migrants took place in Thailand on Friday, leaving one dead and four injured.

 

In one case in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province, four Cambodian cart-pullers were allegedly attacked by 10 Thai security guards, four of whom had been initially summoned by a Cambodian shop owner to chase the men away as they were drinking – with one even throwing up – in front of his shop.

 

According to Nou Pich, deputy director of border relations at Doung border checkpoint in Battambang province’s Komrieng district, the four security guards had insulted the victims, leading one of them to slap the guards, who were later joined by six others. A brawl broke out and ended with one Cambodian receiving a head injury, two with broken arms and one with slight injuries.

 

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Cambodians Assaulted in Thailand

Six Cambodians were involved in a violent dispute Friday evening with several stick-wielding Thai security guards at Thailand’s Banlem market in Chantaburi province, police said. According to a video circulated online, between six and seven Thai security guards were seen beating up the Cambodian workers with sticks and even stomping on one victim after they were reportedly drinking and causing a ruckus in front of a store.
 

Three Cambodians were injured in the altercation, two of whom – Chea Kong, 46, and Reut Saran, 36, – sustained serious injuries. The third victim, Nhean Ret, 29, sustained only minor injuries. According Seng Vuthy, a police officer from Battambang province’s Kamrieng district, the district neighboring the Thai province where the altercation happened, the six Cambodians were drinking, talking loudly and even threw up outside the store, which resulted in the Cambodian store owner calling the Thai police to disperse them.
 

The group of Cambodians got into a verbal argument with the Thai security guards before things escalated into a physical fight. “On that night, three who were injured were sent to the hospital in Sampov Loun district,” he said, referring to a district in Battambang province.

 

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