Former Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Council reveals why Cambodia abandoned soldiers' bodies on the border without proper rites, estimating heavy Cambodian casualties.

The matter escalated when the strong smell of decomposing bodies along the Thai-Cambodian border, particularly in the areas where clashes occurred, became a major issue.

The situation was so severe that campaigns were launched to collect donations for high-quality face masks, alongside direct protests from the Thai side, fearing potential disease outbreaks.

The reason Cambodia abandons its soldiers’ bodies on the battlefield without conducting proper rituals is to prevent the spread of news about the heavy casualties, which could undermine Hun Sen’s authority.

Pongsakorn assessed the losses, estimating that the troops engaged in the heaviest fighting against Thai forces had likely lost no fewer than 3,000 men.

  • 3abas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    There are no “reputable” English only newspapers exclusively covering non-English speaking countries, they are created by Western countries to spread Western propaganda, the audience is English speaking.

    Can you find a primary source for that “direct quote”? Can you identify the “quote” part of the “direct quote”? Can you find any non English speaking source that has said “quote”?

    Edit: for those with critical thinking skills, notice the downvotes instead of providing an actual source with the actual quote. Read Manufacturing Consent.

    What part of this excerpt they used as evidence says this is a reputable newspaper?

    But over the past decade, it “morphed from a progressive newspapers into a coup-apologist cheerleader for military intervention,…” Pravit was fired from The Nation in 2015 after release from a three-day junta detention without charge for “attitude adjustment”, his second such detention.