Very sad story... why some people need to be so cruel? Some Khmer reactions can be viewed here: http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/09/officials-say-16-year-old-burned-alive.html
The arctile in French is at the end of the English one.
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Monday, 14 September 2009
Thet Sambath
The Phnom Penh Post
Soldiers kill boy caught logging in Thailand, district governor says.
Oddar Meanchey officials Sunday accused Thai soldiers of shooting a Cambodian teenager and burning him alive.
Yon Rith, 16, was killed after Thai armed forces accused him of illegally felling trees, said Thon Nol, governor of Samrong district in Oddar Meanchey province.
Thon Nol said Yon Rith was first arrested and then burned. Another teenager from the same village in Kon Kreal commune, 18-year-old Mao Kleung, was also shot and seriously wounded, he said, but villagers managed to carry him to Cambodian territory, and he is is now in an Oddar Meanchey hospital.
Officials on Sunday denounced the violence as "cruel" acts carried out on unarmed villagers.
"Why did they burn a person alive? [The armed forces] should have arrested them if they did anything wrong in Thailand," said Pich Ratana, a Cabinet official in Oddar Meanchey.
"Our armed forces did not shoot Thai citizens when they were hunting animals in the Cambodian forest. They just arrested them and sent them back, but Thai soldiers do cruel things to innocent Cambodians," Pich Ratana said.
Thon Nol said officials would discuss the incident today.
"We are looking for all measures to assist the victims as well as actions on the Thai authority," Thon Nol said.
Thai Embassy officials could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Nanh Sovann, a Cambodian military officer who has worked with the Thai military, said Sunday he had heard of the incident but was waiting to see an official report before intervening.
The victim's family recovered his charred body and took it to their village for a funeral the day he was shot, Thon Nol said.
Thai officials have previously taken a heavy hand against Cambodians accused of illegal logging on Thai territory, particularly along the Oddar Meanchey border.
In August, 12 Cambodians were arrested along the border on suspicion of illegally logging.
Their disappearance initially prompted fears they had been killed, but the Thais have since revealed the men are in detention.
Two other men, however, were discovered dead last month. The Thai military said soldiers fired on the group in self-defence.
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Artcile paru sur cambodgesoir:
http://www.cambodgesoir.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=15%3Apolitique&id=36143%3Aadolescent-brule-vif-colere-du-gouvernement&Itemid=32
Oddar Meanchey officials Sunday accused Thai soldiers of shooting a Cambodian teenager and burning him alive.
Yon Rith, 16, was killed after Thai armed forces accused him of illegally felling trees, said Thon Nol, governor of Samrong district in Oddar Meanchey province.
Thon Nol said Yon Rith was first arrested and then burned. Another teenager from the same village in Kon Kreal commune, 18-year-old Mao Kleung, was also shot and seriously wounded, he said, but villagers managed to carry him to Cambodian territory, and he is is now in an Oddar Meanchey hospital.
Officials on Sunday denounced the violence as "cruel" acts carried out on unarmed villagers.
"Why did they burn a person alive? [The armed forces] should have arrested them if they did anything wrong in Thailand," said Pich Ratana, a Cabinet official in Oddar Meanchey.
"Our armed forces did not shoot Thai citizens when they were hunting animals in the Cambodian forest. They just arrested them and sent them back, but Thai soldiers do cruel things to innocent Cambodians," Pich Ratana said.
Thon Nol said officials would discuss the incident today.
"We are looking for all measures to assist the victims as well as actions on the Thai authority," Thon Nol said.
Thai Embassy officials could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Nanh Sovann, a Cambodian military officer who has worked with the Thai military, said Sunday he had heard of the incident but was waiting to see an official report before intervening.
The victim's family recovered his charred body and took it to their village for a funeral the day he was shot, Thon Nol said.
Thai officials have previously taken a heavy hand against Cambodians accused of illegal logging on Thai territory, particularly along the Oddar Meanchey border.
In August, 12 Cambodians were arrested along the border on suspicion of illegally logging.
Their disappearance initially prompted fears they had been killed, but the Thais have since revealed the men are in detention.
Two other men, however, were discovered dead last month. The Thai military said soldiers fired on the group in self-defence.
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Artcile paru sur cambodgesoir:
http://www.cambodgesoir.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=15%3Apolitique&id=36143%3Aadolescent-brule-vif-colere-du-gouvernement&Itemid=32
Adolescent brûlé vif : colère du gouvernement
Écrit par P.M. Mardi, 15 Septembre 2009 19:45
Le gouvernement cambodgien demande à Bangkok de lancer une enquête pour faire la lumière sur le meurtre d'un enfant de 16 ans, Yon Rith, qui a été arrêté et brûlé vif par des soldats thaïlandais, la semaine dernière, dans la province de Oddor Meanchey, au niveau de la frontière thaïlandaise. Dans un communiqué, le ministère des Affaires étrangères demande que « ceux qui ont commis ces actes de cruauté passent devant la justice ».
« Ces actes constituent une violation sérieuse des lois humanitaires internationales », insiste le ministère, en rappelant leur inadéquation avec les accords bilatéraux de coopération signés les 4 et 5 août dernier, à Bangkok.
Vendredi 11 septembre, des villageois se sont fait tirer dessus par des militaires thaïlandais à proximité de la frontière thaïlandaise, alors qu'ils coupaient « prétendument » du bois dans une zone illégale, ont précisé les autorités de la province de Oddor Meanchey. Deux enfants ont été gravement blessés par balles, dont Mao Kleug, qui est parvenu à s'échapper. Yon Rith n'a pas eu cette chance.
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