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Government
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evacuate residents along the border with
Cambodia
after the two countries clashed again.
The Nation Thailand reported that the Ubon and Surin provincial governments began rushing to move residents from border areas to deeper provinces on Sunday (7/12).
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At the same time, Thai security forces also flocked to bring artillery and other weapons to the border area, quoted from
theNation
.
The Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Chamber of Commerce warned that the fighting between Thailand and Cambodia this time could last for a long time, for at least 3-5 days.
Chairman of the Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Chamber of Commerce, Mongkol Chunlatas, said that both Thailand and Cambodia were ready to fight.
“Given the current situation, both the Thai and Cambodian sides seem to have prepared very carefully. We assess that this clash is likely to cause more losses than before,” he said.
Likewise, the Chairman of the Surin Province Chamber of Commerce, Veerasak Pisanuwong, also said that this war will certainly have an impact on Thailand’s economy at the end of the year.One of them, the tourism sector.
Veerasak said many hotel bookings had been canceled after the two countries reportedly became tense with each other again.
In Surin Province itself, residents in 4-5 border districts have begun evacuating since Sunday.Evacuations are still ongoing and the numbers are estimated to be much higher than during the war last July.
On Monday (8/12), the Thai military launched air strikes on its border with Cambodia after a Bangkok soldier was killed in clashes on Sunday at the border.
The Thai military claims Cambodian soldiers opened fire on Thai soldiers while they were guarding a number of engineers working on a road repair project in Sisaket Province near the border.Four Thai soldiers were also reportedly injured in the incident.
The Thai military has instructed all units to use all force to protect the people and sovereignty of Thailand.
The Royal Thai Air Force said in a separate statement that a number of F-16 fighter jets had been deployed to help ground units fire at close range.
Cambodia meanwhile reportedly fired a BM-21 rocket at a Thai residential area in Ban Sai Tho 10, Ban Kruat district, Buri Ram, on Monday morning.
So far there have been no reports of fatalities or injuries.
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