🌏 We call on the international community + ASEAN to help monitor this and urge Thailand to stop using live fire against civilians.
🇹🇭 To our Thai friends: Cambodians are your neighbors, not your enemies. Please speak to your leaders for peace.
#PrayForBorder#Cambodia#pace
🌏 We call on the international community + ASEAN to help monitor this and urge Thailand to stop using live fire against civilians.
🇹🇭 To our Thai friends: Cambodians are your neighbors, not your enemies. Please speak to your leaders for peace.
#PrayForBorder#Cambodia#pace
Defense Spokesperson: Thai Armed Forces Illegally Entered The Anseh Area, The Cambodian Sovereignty Territory, And Laid Barbed Wire
H.E. Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata, Under Secretary of State and Spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence, made an urgent statement this afternoon, accusing Thailand of violating the ceasefire agreement and threatening peace and security along the shared border.
“At 11 a.m. this morning, Thai Armed Forces accompanied by heavy machinery such as excavators illegally entered the Anseh area within Cambodian sovereignty territory and even laid barbed wire despite strong objections from our forces,” she said.
The spokesperson recalled that Cambodia had arranged a visit by foreign military attachés to these areas on July 30, 2025, clearly demonstrating that the locations fall within Cambodia’s internationally recognised territory.
“This act constitutes a flagrant violation of the ceasefire and poses a grave threat to peace and stability along the border between the two countries, as well as to the wider region,” she emphasised.
Cambodia calls on the international community—particularly partner countries that helped broker this hard-won ceasefire and wish to see it fully and effectively implemented—to demand that Thailand immediately cease its aggressive actions and fully respect international law, especially Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, she added.
Thailand has violated the ceasefire agreement by arresting 20 Cambodian soldiers (and shooting two others whose conditions remain unknown—whether dead or alive) under the pretense of inviting them to shake hands and take group photos.
Thailand has violated the ceasefire agreement by arresting 20 Cambodian soldiers (and shooting two others whose conditions remain unknown—whether dead or alive) under the pretense of inviting them to shake hands and take group photos.
Thai troops capture 20 Cambodian soldiers as hostages after the ceasefire takes effect; two are possibly killed.
A senior Cambodian military commander revealed to military attachés and diplomats that Thai troops had captured 20 Cambodian soldiers as hostages following the official enforcement of a ceasefire.
Brigadier General Chan Sopheaktra, Commander of the Preah Vihear Operational Area, made the statement while accompanying military attachés and diplomats from 13 countries on a field visit to observe the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand along the border area on Wednesday, July 30.
The same senior officer confirmed that at 5:18 a.m. on July 29, Thai forces used an armored vehicle and about 30 infantry troops to open fire with two rounds at Cambodian positions in Bos Bov Chom, despite the Cambodian side not returning fire, in strict compliance with orders from Cambodian commanders. Cambodian forces then withdrew into trenches for safety.
At that point, Thai forces launched a further attack and seized a Cambodian trench approximately 40 meters inside Cambodian territory. They then used a deceptive tactic—waving hands and calling Cambodian troops to approach for negotiations.
Brig. Gen. Chan Sopheaktra added that around six Cambodian soldiers approached the Thai troops, shook hands, and took group photos together as a gesture of goodwill. However, during the photo session, hidden Thai soldiers suddenly emerged, raised their weapons, and captured nearly 20 Cambodian soldiers.
He stated that one Cambodian soldier managed to escape, but two are believed to have been shot and possibly killed. As of the afternoon of July 30, 2025, the Thai military had not yet released the captured Cambodian troops.
Official: Thai Forces Detain Cambodian Soldiers After Ceasefire
Major General Chanth Sopheaktra, commander of the Preah Vihear Operational Area, confirmed that at approximately 5:00 AM on July 29, Thai forces apprehended 20 Cambodian soldiers. One soldier reportedly managed to escape, while the remaining 19 were taken across the border into Thai territory.
Major General Sopheaktra condemned the incident, characterizing it as a clear violation of the agreed ceasefire by the Thai side.
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