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A Sugar A person is allegedly attempting to enter illegally Thailand From cambodia He was injured when he stepped on a landmine on Saturday, the Thai military announced, reiterating its allegations that Cambodian forces were deploying anti-personnel weapons in territory claimed by both countries.
Army The area where the incident occurred, which Thailand claimed was part of its eastern province of Sa Kaeo, was quoted as saying by spokesman Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvari, adding that “the land is contaminated with mines which Thai authorities are in the process of clearing as planned.”
Statements posted online by the military did not provide details of the injuries of the Chinese man, identified as Shi Jingui, 26, of Yunnan province.
A statement issued by the Chinese Embassy in Thailand did not name the man but described his condition as stable.
The wounding of Thai soldiers in landmine explosions along the border earlier this year helped spark five days of intense fighting in late July. A dispute over where exactly the border should be demarcated has plagued relations for decades.
Recent incidents, in which additional Thai soldiers have been injured by landmines, have led to threats of a ceasefire which ended the brief conflict. Repeating previous allegations, Saturday’s Thai military statement said “an abundance of evidence points to Cambodia’s continued use of new mines”.
Both sides continue to blame each other over responsibility, while supposedly cooperating in getting rid of the mines.
The Thai military said it became aware of Saturday’s incident when border patrol police responded to an explosion shortly before dawn and deployed a drone to scout the situation to locate the injured person. After this the deminers and security personnel took him out and sent him to the hospital.
Thailand said earlier this month it was indefinitely halting implementation of details of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire until Cambodia apologized for a mine explosion earlier this month that injured four Thai soldiers, one of whom lost his right leg.
Thailand claims that evidence it has collected proves that the mines were newly laid and that Cambodia is violating international agreements banning their use.
Cambodia has repeatedly denied laying new mines and claims they may be left over from its decades of internal armed conflict, which ended with the communists’ official surrender in 1999. Khmer Rouge Guerrilla.
Following the earlier blast, Cambodia Defense Ministry spokesman Maly Sochita said his country was “committed to working closely with Thailand to promote peace and stability between the two countries, especially to ensure the safety of civilians.”
Thai military spokesman Winthai said on Saturday that Cambodia “has not cooperated with Thailand in clearing mines along the shared border, despite Thailand’s repeated proposals in bilateral meetings.”