Cambodia 2011 Peace Project Event (Part1 The Story)

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for permission for them to
travel to Cambodia for the
game.[137] Former Thai
premier Somchai
Wongsawat led the Thai
side. Cambodian premier
Hun Sen led his side to a
10–7 victory, following
which he announced that
“the nightmare era”
between Thailand and
Cambodia was over. Former
foreign minister Kasit
Piromya rejoined that Hun
Sen should not think that
he could benefit from close
ties with ousted former
Thai premier Thaksin
Shinawatra and the ruling
Pheu Thai Party. “Don’t
think that you will get at
our natural resources and
territory by be-friending or
playing football with the
Pheu Thai MPs,” he said.
[138] December 2011[edit]
On December 15, armies of
both sides exchanged
gunfire along the border in
Koh Kong Province. The
armed clash erupted at
1:45 pm in Zone 329 in Ta
Min mountain after a Thai
helicopter tried to land in
Cambodian territory. No
injuries or deaths was
reported. The source said
the Cambodian soldiers
opened fire to prevent the
Thai helicopter entering
Cambodia and that the Thai
soldiers responded with
heavy gunfire. It was the
first armed clash since
Thailand’s new government
was formed in August.[139]
Civilian effects[edit] After
the initial attack on
February 4, 2011, the
Cambodian army fired
rockets using BM-21 multilaunch
rocket systems into
the town of Sao Thong Chai
located about 5 km from
the border. As a direct
result, primary schools, a
local hospital, and 4–5
houses were destroyed.
[140] Only minutes before
the hit, the local authority
had issued a warning to the
locals to evacuate and close
the school. Despite this,
there was one civilian
fatality and at least 34
injured from the attack
by Cambodian forces.
[141] There are reports
that 22,000 Thai
citizens had to evacuate
and abandon their
homes. The Cambodian
government blamed the
Thai army for firing onto
the world’s heritage
temple causing severe
damage. Whereas the
Cambodian army settled
that heritage temple as
an army base. There is
evidence, such as video
and photo footage from
Reuters[142] showing
that Cambodian forces
used the temple as a
military base and fired
machine guns and
artillery. Thai soldiers
responded by firing
rifles at the Cambodian
soldiers hiding on the
temple.[143] However,
there are only a few
bullet scratches on the
temple.[144] The AFP
reported that
Cambodian troops were
stationed in the temple.[145]
Thai army was accused of using
cluster munitions against
Cambodia during the border
fighting in February. Thailand
at first denied the allegation,
but later admitted it had fired
the weapons. The Cluster
Munition Coalition says that
should not be a justification for
using weapons which are
banned by more than 100
countries. According to the
campaigners, thousands of
Cambodian villagers are now at
risk of death or serious injury
because of unexploded
ordnance near their homes.
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