태국 군 : 캄보디아 불법 벌목공 2명 또 사살, 100명은 도망쳐

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(보도) Phnom Penh Post 2012-4-23

태국 군 : 캄보디아 불법 벌목공 2명 또 사살

Thai soldiers kill Cambodian loggers again

  - 태국 군이 토요일(4.21) 우본 라차타니 도에서 자국 영내로 침입한 캄보디아인 벌목공들에 총격을 가해 2명 사망

  - 나머지 100명 이상의 벌목공들은 달아났다.

  - 도망치지 못한 벌목공 10명은 체포됨.

  - 인권단체들은 심각한 인권유린이라고 비난.  

기사작성 : Tep Nimol

One Cambodian was fatally shot, two were injured and more than 100 others fled Thailand under gunfire on Saturday after Thai soldiers allegedly discovered them illegally logging rosewood near Preah Vihear province, military officials said yesterday.

Ten men were unable to escape and were captured by Thai authorities in the aftermath of the shooting, which occurred in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province, Meas Yoeun, deputy military commander in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district, told the Post yesterday.

The Thais claimed that their gunfire was an act of “self-protection” because the Cambodians had fired first, Meas Yoeun reported. However, the deputy military commander said that the group of loggers did not own firearms.

“The Cambodians did not have guns, as the Thais alleged. They just had knives and axes to log the rosewood,” Meas Yoeun said, adding that it was “illegal” for the Thais to shoot at Cambodian civilians.  

Pich Vanna, deputy director of the Cambodia-Thai border office, similarly decried the shooting, calling for a “ceasefire” and accusing the Thais of firing on Cambodians as if they were animals.

The deputy director also said he had filed a notice to Thai officials on Sunday asking for permission for Cambodian authorities to search for the body of the slain logger and for the repatriation of the 10 who were detained, but had not yet received a response.

Lor Chan, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc in Preah Vihear, said the shooting was a “serious abuse of human rights”. “Human life isn’t like an animal’s life. You can’t just shoot people whenever you feel like it,” Lor Chan said.

This most recent shooting comes in the wake of increased numbers of Cambodian loggers being killed during border crossings.

Recent figures from rights group Adhoc claim 13 Cambodian illegal loggers were shot and killed in the first quarter of the year by Thai soldiers. With that figure now at 14, the numbers appear on pace to rise markedly from 2011, when only 13 Cambodians were killed in the entire year.

Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this month challenged military commanders, police and local authorities to launch a “campaign” to help prevent the illegal crossing into Thailand by Cambodian loggers.

(보도) Phnom Penh Post 2012-4-24

태국 당국 : 사살당한 캄보디아인 벌목공 시신 인도

Thais return loggers’ bodies

  - 태국 당국은 토요일에 사살 당한 캄보디아인 불법 벌목공 2명의 시신을 인도함.

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기사작성 : Tep Nimol

The bodies of two Cambodians shot by Thai soldiers while allegedly illegally logging luxury wood across the border were repatriated yesterday, while 10 others who were arrested remained in custody in Thailand, an official has said.

Pich Vanna, deputy chief of the Cambodian-Thai Border Relation Office, said the bodies of the victims – one was subsequently discovered after early reports had only one dead – were sent back yesterday across the border at Preah Vihear province’s Choum Ksan district.

“The dead bodies of Cambodian men arrived on Monday afternoon at the Anses checkpoint in Cambodia [to send to the] site for the traditional funeral,” he said.

The men were shot when Thai forces opened fire on more than 100 Cambodians allegedly logging rosewood in Ubon Ratchathani province on Saturday.

Thai military representatives have reportedly said that members of the group were carrying firearms and that they shot in self-defence, though Cambodian officials have claimed the group was unarmed.

Another 110 Cambodians evaded the gunfire and came back to Cambodia, while 10 others were caught and arrested.

Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he had not yet received detailed information about the incident yet.

A source close to Thai defence ministry spokesman Col Thanatip Sawangsaeng said they also had no further detailed information about the case.

The rights group Adhoc has reported that 13 Cambodians had  already been shot by Thai soldiers this year after illegally entering Thailand this year, the same number of fatalities from these incidents recorded in all of 2011.

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