On the afternoon of December 31, 18 Cambodian soldiers, described in the report as having been unlawfully held by the Thai military for 155 days, arrived safely back in their country by military helicopter at Phnom Penh’s former international airport.
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At the airport, the soldiers were finally reunited with family members after more than five months apart. Seeing their loved ones return safely, emotional relatives rushed forward to embrace them. Many people shed tears in the moving reunion.
The reunion also brought a temporary close to the soldiers’ long and difficult ordeal.
Compiled by this station.
