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Thais living near the Cambodian-Thai border are to be paid THB1,000 to join a People Alliance’s Democratic (PAD) demonstration, , a Cambodian Army officer told DAP News Cambodia on Saturday. The PAD wrongly claims that Thailand lost 4.6 square kilometers of land around Cambdia’s Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia.
“My plan is to visit troops stationed there as well as to inspect the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear temple,” the Bangkok Post quoted the PAD Kasit Phiromya as saying. “Army Region 2 Chief, Gen. Chavalit and other senior Thai army officials will accompany me (Kasit) to the border,” Kasit added.
The PAD recently held a protest urging the Thai Government to solve problems over the alleged lost territory. However, Cambodian army officers claimed that PAD protesters are paid THB1,000 per day. “But, Thais at the border will protest back and stop this demonstration if PAD will act,” the army official added. The PAD’s protests come before a meeting between Kasit and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, also Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in New York. Both will be attending the UN Security Council Summit over the next two weeks.
There was “no official information sent to the ministry,” Koy Kuoung told DAP News Cambodia on Friday.
Meanwhile, Bun Rany Hun Sen, head of the Cambodian Red Cross and wife of the PM, visited to Preah Vihear to donate 13,000 rain coats and 7,000 water boxes to Cambodian soldiers stationing at Region 4.
According to one army officer, the situation at the border is still normal, but all soldiers remain ready.