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| Anti-government protesters, calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, kicks away tear gas canister fired by police in Bangkok on Saturday (AP) |
Phnom Penh Post
By Cheang Sokha
Cambodia
has flatly rejected a quote in a Thai media report that ex-Thai premier
Thaksin Shinawatra called on some 5,000 Cambodians to sow chaos during a short-lived but violent rally on Saturday aimed at toppling the Thai
government.
The protests, which brought out thousands of Thais in
clashes that petered out the same day they started, called for the
ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is Thaksin’s sister.
What
sparked a response from Cambodia’s Press and Quick Reaction Unit was a
quote on ASTV online from activist Somkiet Phongphaiboon, a supporter of
the “yellow-shirt movement” that opposes the current administration.
According
to the statement, Somkiet said there are thousands of Cambodians who
are receiving money from the Cambodian government to act as
anti-demonstration brawlers.
“The PRU categorically protests
and demands the Thai media such as ASTV to immediately put an end to the
practice of such dirty and poisonous policy and evil tactic by using
Cambodian as scapegoat,” said the statement.
The rally by the
Pitak Siam, or protect Thailand group, was called off after an initially
peaceful demonstration turned ugly when clashes with the police
occurred.
To contact the reporter on this story: Cheang Sokha at sokha.cheang@phnompenhpost.com
With assistante from the Bangkok Post.
2 comments:
How dumb the fuxxx siamese that claimed that the riots were about 500 cambodians paid by cambodians'govt to oust PM Yingluck? Cambodians people don't give a damn if Siamese killes each other because Siamese had been killing khmers for century now.Siamese had not tastes the war or bitterness of life like khmers for people.Cambodians people loves Yingluck she brought stability for people of both sides not to kills each other because of Greedy Siamese yellow shirt wants khmers'land especially Preah Vihea temple that belong to Khmer.
Yobal khmer
The claim could possibly be true since hun sen has perfected his person antiprotestors squad. Hun sen might have rented them out to yingluck.
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