Police arrest 11 Cambodians for illegally crossing the border to Thailand

8 February 2014
The Cambodia Herald
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Adhoc / Thailand

Police arrested 11 Cambodian people while they were trying to illegally cross the border to work in Thailand. … Thousands of Cambodian people reportedly crossed the border illegally to find jobs and cut down trees in Thailand every year, prompting the Thai soldiers to open fire at them. According to a report of human rights group ADHOC, at least 30 Cambodians were shot dead by the Thai soldiers last year while they illegally crossed the border to find jobs and cut down trees in the Thai territory.

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