Cambodia-Thailand border clashes enter second week

RENEWED border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand entered a second week yesterday after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump's claim that a truce had been agreed to halt the deadly fighting.

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The conflict, rooted in a colonial-era demarcation dispute along their 800km border, has displaced around 800 000 people, officials said.

“I have been here for six days and I feel sad that the fighting continues,” 63-year-old Sean Leap said at an evacuation centre in Cambodia's border province of Banteay Meanchey yesterday.

“T want it to stop,’ he said, adding he was worried about his home and livestock.

At least 25 people have been killed, including 14 Thai soldiers and 11 Cambodian civilians, officials said.

Each side blames the other for instigating the clashes, claiming self-de-fence and trading accusations of attacks on civilians.

Trump, who earlier backed a truce and follow-on agreement, said last week the Southeast Asian neighbours had agreed to halt fighting.