Hun Manet urges troop release as ceasefire holds


Solemn remembrance: A cardboard cutout of Royal Thai Army soldier Teerayuth Krajangthong, who died during clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in Sisaket province in Thailand. — AFP

THE nation accused Thailand of detaining 20 of its soldiers and killing another in post-ceasefire incidents, as a fragile peace held for a third day along their disputed border.

Five days of intense clashes between the South-East Asian neighbours that began last week killed at least 43 people, many of them civilians, and displaced more than 300,000, until a truce brokered in Malaysia on Monday halted the fighting.

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