Cambodia has continued its attacks along the Thai border, prompting Thailand to retaliate and extend curfews in affected provinces, according to the Thai Ministry of Defence.
The Defence Ministry said on Sunday morning that from 10pm Saturday to 1am Sunday Cambodia sent drones into Trat province in eastern Thailand and at 4.15am fired rockets and shells into the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket. At 5.15am Cambodia resumed attacks all along the border with Thailand’s Northeast and East.
The ministry said Cambodia has not ceased fire as it claimed, referring to the report that Cambodia agreed with a proposal from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim who chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for Thailand and Cambodia to cease fire by 10pm on Saturday.
The ministry added that the Royal Thai Navy would impose a curfew from 7pm to 5am in four districts of Trat. Earlier a curfew was imposed in four districts of Sa Kaeo in the East. The curfews were intended to protect Thai communities from ongoing attacks.
An army spokesman estimated that Cambodia lost at least 221 soldiers in the recent conflict.
Naval forces, supported by fighter jets, had retaken the Ban Chamrak area in Trat, which Cambodia had illegally occupied.
