(Phnom Penh): Recently, the State Secretariat of Border Affairs (SSBA) has encountered the information posted by the Facebook Page named “Royal Thai Army: Update” on 19 September 2025, with the Field Plan Showing the Terrain and Exact Location of Boundary Pillar. These materials are the annexes to the Report of the Fact-Finding Mission dated 24 November 2017 and 28 December 2016, produced by the Cambodia: Thailand Joint Survey Teams, to determine the exact locations of Boundary Pillar No. 42 and No. 43 in the Prey Chan area. This Facebook post has caused misunderstanding and led to confusion suggesting that a State Secretariat of Border Affairs” leadership ( Lay Siengly) had officially signed and recognized the boundary line in the Prey Chan area located between Boundary Pillar No. 42 and No. 43.

“The State Secretariat of Border Affairs would like to officially reject and completely dismiss this false, unprofessional, and malicious information, which has misused documents and distorted facts with the clear intention of misleading both national and international public opinion,” according to the press release seen by Fresh News on Sunday (Sep. 21).

“To provide the truth to the national and international public, the State Secretariat of Border Affairs would like to state the following points:

1. The documents shown in the aforementioned Facebook Page are merely Field Plan Showing the Terrain and Exact Location of Boundary Pillar, which are annexes the Report of the Results dated 24 November 2017 and 28 December 2016, prepared by the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Survey Team regarding the Results of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Condition and Location of Boundary Pillar No. 42 and No. 43, which were installed during the French colonial period. These are not official maps or documents that define the boundary line.

2. The administrator of the aforementioned Facebook Page used data from these Field Plan Showing the Terrain and Exact Location of the Boundary Pillar to falsely produce a boundary line on satellite image, with intent to mislead the national and international public into believing that this fabricated boundary line was the official one agreed by the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Survey Teams.

3. The Prey Chan area, located between Boundary Pillar No. 42 and No. 43, is a region where both parties have not yet reached any mutual agreement to demarcate the boundary on the ground. This matter must be resolved by the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary Commission (JBC), and no other mechanism or institution has the mandate over this issue.

Once again, the State Secretariat of Border Affairs strongly rejects and condemns the false and fabricated information posted by the Facebook Page named “’Royal Thai Army: Update”, and would like to call on both national and international public not to believe or share such fake news. Furthermore the State Secretariat of Border Affairs encourages the widespread sharing and dissemination of this official statement for a better understanding of the general public while promoting the truth over this matter”.
=FRESH NEWS