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April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand denied accusations that its soldiers used toxic gas against Cambodian troops in the deadliest fighting along their disputed border since tensions flared up three years ago.
Battles that began April 22 have killed five Thais and six Cambodians, according to army officials and press reports, ending two months of peace since the United Nations Security Council urged a permanent cease-fire on Feb. 14. Thai soldiers used “heavy guns loaded with poisonous gas” in yesterday’s fighting, Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“The Cambodians are really incredible to make up a story like that,” Veerachon Sukondhadhpatipak, the Thai army’s deputy spokesman, said by phone from Bangkok. “They are always making up stories to make us look bad.” (sic!)
The renewed fighting comes as Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva prepares to call an election in early May. Thailand’s military is provoking the clashes to boost its popularity in the event it stages another coup, Cambodian government Phay Siphan said by phone from Phnom Penh, the capital.
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