Thailand reportedly considering border wall with Cambodia to curb human and drug trafficking


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PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times): Local media reports on Monday morning are suggesting that Thailand is considering a proposal to build a 55 km-long wall along the border with Cambodia in Sa Kaeo Province’s Aranyaprathet District to curb human and drug trafficking.

The report in VNExpress states that the Thai Defense Ministry’s spokesman Maj-Gen Thanathip Sawangsaeng said on Feb. 13 that the proposal for the wall was raised with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai during his visit to Aranyaprathet one day earlier.

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