Sunday, June 13, 2010

Cambodia rejects Thai media’s accusation on B-41 explosion

The Cambodian Council of Ministers has rejected the accusation which was made by a Thai Channel 3 TV presenter regarding the explosion of a B-41 bomb in Bangkok on Saturday morning. The TV presenter claimed that the explosive bomb could be imported from Cambodia.

Mr. Tith Sothea, the spokesman of the Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU) of the Council of Ministers, declared that this comment was groundless and moreover, that Bangkok has always used the news to serve its own political interest after the internal affairs occurred.

Cambodia rejected a comment made by Thai Channel 3 TV which indicated that B-41 rocket launchers that were discovered during an armed fight in Bangkok on Saturday morning were imported from Cambodia. This comment displeased Cambodia and earned Cambodia’s reaction.

Tith Sothea, spokesman of (PQRU) of the Council of Ministers, told reporters that the comment made by the Thai Channel 3 TV did not have clear basis, and that it was intended to incite, disrupt relationships and create tensions between the two countries.

He added that any country can have B-41 rocket launchers, and even Thailand itself owns the largely numerous of them. He indicated that the Abhisit government always used propaganda to fool the national and international opinion, in particular, by linking its problems with Cambodia.

“Thailand has been used a strict law to prevent flow of armaments and drugs into Thailand. In fact, according to Thai news media from the end of last week, Thai border police have tightened the border checking points on Cambodians who crossed over to Thailand under the present circumstance whereby the Red Shirts –pro to former Thaksin Shinawatra has been demonstrating in Bangkok,” he said.

The Thai news media quoted Thai border police in Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo province, as saying that Special Forces are strengthening the border checking, including body patting, in order to prevent the transport of armaments and drugs into Thailand.


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