Thailand deploys fighter jet in escalating conflict with Cambodia
Both sides blame each other to start the war on Thursday.
Cambodia’s actual ruler Hun Sen said that his army was “no choice but to fight”.
Suon Roun’s mother, Em Heap and brother Suon Eung, at their homes in Kampenh Village in Cambodia last month.Credit: Sydney Morning Herald and Age
“Please, Cambodian citizens, do not panic to keep stock and buy rice and other products and sell goods at high prices,” he said.
Last week, three Thai soldiers were injured in one of the border regions after stepping into black mines. Five more injured in a separate explosion on Wednesday.
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Thais said that they were planted by Cambodians – a violation of international rules. The Cambodians said the mines were those left of the old wars.
Hours before the wars on Thursday, Thailand expelled the ambassador of Cambodia and remembered his own ambassador.
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