PM Hun Manet Challenges Overseas Opposition on Cambodia-Thailand Border Allegations
Prime Minister Hun Manet criticized overseas opposition groups for unsubstantiated claims of territorial loss along the Cambodia-Thailand border. He questioned their silence regarding reports of Thai families being unable to farm Cambodian land due to unilateral Thai border fence construction.
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