Overview
- Thailand’s foreign ministry says Cambodian forces launched small-arms fire and grenade assaults across Sisaket province overnight, calling it a flagrant violation of the ceasefire
- Cambodian defense ministry spokeswoman Maly Socheata denies any breach, insisting that her troops have fully observed the truce since it took effect
- Local military commanders have met to enforce terms halting gunfire, preventing troop movements and protecting civilians along the disputed border
- ASEAN monitoring teams, led by Malaysian military attachés alongside US and Chinese envoys, are deploying to verify compliance across the contested frontier
- The five-day clashes were triggered by a landmine injury to Thai soldiers and left at least 43 people dead and about 300,000 displaced before Tuesday’s ceasefire