Samraong city police directed plain-clothes intervention personnel to patrol residents’ homes and vulnerable key locations. They also investigated suspected theft and the provision of information to the Thai side in the city, aiming to protect the property of local leaders, civil servants and residents and prevent and tackle offences. The source says Cambodian residents had fled their homes because of what it describes as Thai military aggression.
The article presents the patrols as demonstrating local authorities’ and law-enforcement personnel’s attention to residents’ property, despite what it describes as continuing intense Thai aggression.
By Pai Sokhim
