Officials say 16-year-old burned alive
Soldiers kill boy caught logging in Thailand, district governor says.
Oddar Meanchey officials Sunday accused Thai soldiers of shooting a Cambodian teenager and burning him alive.
Yon Rith, 16, was killed after Thai armed forces accused him of illegally felling trees, said Thon Nol, governor of Samrong district in Oddar Meanchey province.
Thon Nol said Yon Rith was first arrested and then burned. Another teenager from the same village in Kon Kreal commune, 18-year-old Mao Kleung, was also shot and seriously wounded, he said, but villagers managed to carry him to Cambodian territory, and he is is now in an Oddar Meanchey hospital.
Officials on Sunday denounced the violence as "cruel" acts carried out on unarmed villagers.
"Why did they burn a person alive? [The armed forces] should have arrested them if they did anything wrong in Thailand," said Pich Ratana, a Cabinet official in Oddar Meanchey.
"Our armed forces did not shoot Thai citizens when they were hunting animals in the Cambodian forest. They just arrested them and sent them back, but Thai soldiers do cruel things to innocent Cambodians," Pich Ratana said.
Thon Nol said officials would discuss the incident today.
"We are looking for all measures to assist the victims as well as actions on the Thai authority," Thon Nol said.
Thai Embassy officials could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Nanh Sovann, a Cambodian military officer who has worked with the Thai military, said Sunday he had heard of the incident but was waiting to see an official report before intervening.
The victim's family recovered his charred body and took it to their village for a funeral the day he was shot, Thon Nol said.
Thai officials have previously taken a heavy hand against Cambodians accused of illegal logging on Thai territory, particularly along the Oddar Meanchey border.
In August, 12 Cambodians were arrested along the border on suspicion of illegally logging.
Their disappearance initially prompted fears they had been killed, but the Thais have since revealed the men are in detention.
Two other men, however, were discovered dead last month. The Thai military said soldiers fired on the group in self-defence.
Okay, let's try to arrest Those Thais and burn them when they come to to hunt animals in the Cambodia forest to see let them know how serious OUR HEARTS were EFFECT by that CRUEL behavior to our innocent Khmers.
នេះជាទនង្វើអមនុស្សធ័មដែលមិនអាចលើកលែងអោយបានឡើយ។ ត្រូវតែបង្ហាញដល់អង្គការ មនុស្សធ័មជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ នូវទង្វើដ៏ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម របស់ពួកវា។
Next time if we see Siem People jump in Cambodian territory illegally, we are going to kill them and burn them alive...
My heart is so sad to hear this news. It is real and it is confirmed by the Cambodian foreign ministry officer and the provincial governor. Khmer has to take very action again this thief and animal Thai.
Burn and Burn and Burn Them Alive when they pass to our borders.
Thailand will die soon because of their actions.
ดอกทอง โกหกหน้าด้านๆ เรื่องกุข่างพวกมึงถนัดนัก
What does the Thai post above talk about? Can someone help to translate. Google does not help also.
Chetra
He wrote in thai here : We thais hated khmer people at all time - khmer people had burned their own people but not thais soldiers..!
As khmer I think its very bold to write something like this in the public. We must bring these worst thai murders to International trail for justice as soon...
Thai language above just say that:
'Bullshit! It is a lie, this story is concocted.'
I cannot see any word say something like what anonymous on oct 23 translate. It is ashame to tell the lie in public for your evil agenda, you are pathetic and racist.
Just to say
Good deeds beget good results, while bad deeds beget bad results.