PHNOM PENH (FN), September, 7 – A police officer of Oddar Meanchey province told Fresh News today, September 7, 2016, that Thai border police opened fire on six Cambodian illegal loggers for rosewood yesterday at a location between border posts No. 4 and No.5, and about 3km inside Thailand, killing one and injuring another.

The sources identified the man who was killed as Eath Aun, 31, a resident of Anlong Veng district, and the injured as Ol Yet, 49. The authorities are currently in the process of negotiating with the Thai side on returning the corpse to his family and getting the injured to hospital. The other four were safely back home, the officer said.
=FRESH NEWS