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2003 Phnom Penh riots | |
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Phnom Penh riots | Thailand Embassy in Cambodia |
Reason | Thai actress despises Cambodian |
Radio Releases | Thai Radio FM-105 |
Demonstration | High school students, grades 11-12 |
Reasons Riots | Thai authorities shoot dead 1, injure 7 |
Thai Embassy Riot | Thai embassy set on fire January 29 |
Thai Business | Destroys 26 Thai companies in Cambodia |
Thai Businessmen | 600 Evacuation |
Border closure | Poipet,Banteay Meanchey |
Baned Thai films | 10 Year (2003 - 2013) |
The Burning of the Thailand Embassy in Phnom Penh 2003 is a historical event of Cambodian-Thai relations that has a rift over the nationalist cause of the two nations. The reason for the protest at the Thailand Embassy in Cambodia is because a Thai actress insulted the Cambodian people and said that all Cambodians are thieves and stolen of Angkor Wat from Thailand. Radio Thai FM-105, so all local media quoted her and broadcast throughout Cambodia.[1]