Thailand protests over Cambodian women singing nationalist song at border temple

Prasat Ta Muen Thom was built by Jayavarman VII, king of the Khmer Empire that dominated the region from the 11th to 13th centuries. - Supplied

BANGKOK: Thailand has formally protested to Cambodia after a group of Cambodian women was filmed singing a nationalist song at a disputed Khmer temple in a sensitive border area.

The clip, filmed at Prasat Ta Muen Thom in eastern Thailand, shows a group of Cambodian women in traditional dress singing "all Khmer people are happy to sacrifice their lives when the nation is at war and shedding blood".