Tensions high on Thai-Cambodia border

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Updated November 18, 2009 11:01:19

There's's growing concern that tensions between Thailand and Cambodia could erupt into violence.

A visit to Cambodia by the fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sparked the latest row. That has led to the arrest of a Thai man in Cambodia accused of spying on Thaksin's movements and a threat by Thailand to suspend all aid to its poorer neighbour.

Presenter: Karen Percy
Speakers: Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, Thailand's Justice Minister; Nam Chan Ob, local villager

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