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Thailand hits back after Hun Sen brands border actions ‘discredit warfare’
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Thailand has pushed back at Hun Sen after the Cambodian Senate President accused it of waging a new kind of war along their disputed border.
Key facts
- Thailand has pushed back at Hun Sen after the Cambodian Senate President accused it of waging a new kind of war along their disputed border.
- Hun Sen spoke at the second Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference in Phnom Penh on Wednesday
- More than 100 people died in fighting along the frontier last year
- Over 20,000 Cambodians were displaced from villages that Phnom Penh says remain under Thai control.
Summary
Hun Sen spoke at the second Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. He described Thailand’s border actions as “discredit warfare,” a modern tactic that he said exploits a neighbour’s internal weaknesses. The aim, in his telling, is to pressure the government and damage its standing abroad.
His central charge was that Thailand has used allegations about online scam operations as cover for taking Cambodian land. He said the border war was “part of this situation.” Thailand was occupying Cambodian territory, he added, “on the grounds that some parts of our territory are associated with online scams.”