Thailand returns two wounded troopers to Cambodia however continues to carry 18 of their comrades

#Cambodia on Friday (July 31, 2025) welcomed the return of two wounded troopers who had been captured by the Thai Army after the 2 sides had already carried out a ceasefire to finish 5 days of fight over competing territorial claims.

Their repatriation comes amid accusations and bickering over whether or not both aspect had focused civilians and breached the legal guidelines of conflict, and sharp nationalist feuding on social media.

The remainder of a 20-member group of #Cambodian troopers captured on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) in one of many disputed pockets of land over which the 2 sides have been combating stay in Thai fingers and #Cambodian officers are demanding their launch.

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The two international locations have given differing accounts of the circumstances of the seize. #Cambodian officers say their troopers approached the Thai place with pleasant intentions to supply post-fighting greetings, whereas Thai officers stated the #Cambodians appeared to have hostile intent and entered what #Thailand considers its territory, so that they have been taken prisoner.

#Cambodian Defence Ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata confirmed that the 2 wounded troopers had been handed over at a border checkpoint between #Thailand’s #Surin province and #Cambodia’s #Oddar Meanchey province and urged the Thai aspect to promptly repatriate the remaining personnel in accordance with “worldwide humanitarian regulation.”

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#Thailand says it has been following worldwide authorized procedures and was holding the remaining 18 troopers till it might examine their actions.

An announcement issued on Friday (July 31, 2025) by #Thailand’s 2nd Army Region recognized the 2 repatriated #Cambodian troopers as a sergeant with a damaged arm and a gash on his hip and a second lieutenant who seemed to be affected by battle fatigue and wanted care from his household. It stated each males had taken an oath to not have interaction in additional hostilities towards #Thailand. Neither man nor the others in Thai custody have been made out there for interviews by impartial third events.

The #Cambodian Human Rights Committee, which is a authorities company, launched a letter addressed to the #United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights claiming that the 2 troopers had been tortured and denied medical care.

The letter, which provided no proof to again up its claims, demanded, amongst different measures, an “neutral investigation by the #United Nations or related worldwide our bodies” into its allegations.

There have been different peaceable actions on Friday (July 31, 2025) on either side of the border as each international locations staged excursions of the previous battle areas for international diplomats and different observers, highlighting injury allegedly brought on by the opposite aspect. The two international locations proceed to accuse one another of getting violated the legal guidelines of conflict with assaults on civilians and the unlawful use of weapons.

More than three dozen individuals, civilians and troopers, have been killed within the combating, which, along with infantry battles, included artillery duels and the firing of truck-mounted rockets by #Cambodia, to which #Thailand responded with airstrikes. More than 2,60,000 individuals in whole have been displaced from their properties.

Under the phrases of the ceasefire, navy representatives of either side are supposed to satisfy subsequent week to iron out particulars to keep away from additional clashes. However, the talks aren’t speculated to cowl the competing territorial claims which can be on the coronary heart of decades-long stress between the 2 international locations.

Partisans of either side are additionally waging a confrontation on-line, with #Thailand accusing #Cambodia of additionally finishing up malicious hacking. Both international locations’ skilled journalism societies have accused one another of spreading false info and different propaganda.