Red Cross urged to monitor ‘continued, illegal’ detention of 18 Cambodian soldiers

The Thai Prime Minister and defence minister have both cited various reasons to continue the illegal detention of 18 Cambodian soldiers, according to Casy Barnett. - Casey Barnett via FB

PHNOM PENH: Pich Chantrea, better known on social media as Moon Pich, president of the Khmer Intellectual Group, has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to continue to closely monitor the status of the 18 Cambodian soldiers in Thai custody.

The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham) has also highlighted how Thailand is violating international law by continuing to imprison them.