24 Jan, 2011
Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's televised address on Sunday night on the Thai-Cambodian border dispute was not factual, according to the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
Spokesman Panthep Puapongpan said on Monday the area where the seven Thais were arrested by Cambodian soldiers on Dec 29 was a camp set up by Thai authorities for Cambodian refugees, and the government had allowed the fence to intrude on Thai territory.
Thai villagers could no longer use the area after Cambodian people move into the refugee camp, he said.
"The Thai government has never raised this issue for talks with Cambodia," Mr Panthep said.
Mr Abhisit's explanation of the border issue last night might cause the country to lose more land, and he could be be liable to punishment by life imprisonment or the death penalty, according to the PAD spokesman.
"The villagers' land title deeds prove that the area belongs to Thai people, but the prime minister has no concrete measures to counter Cambodia or to stop Cambodia asserting sovereignty over our country's land," he said.
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