Bunkers, for, schools, the, Cambodian, border

UPDATE: Anasuya of Channel News Asia also has a report on the bunkers.

Have already blogged on the Justice Minister's trip to Sisaket with the foreign media, but the Straits Times also reported (subscription only):

The Thai authorities have built 340 bunkers in two schools and several villages close to the Cambodian border in the province of Si Saket.

The bunkers are made of concrete, earth and sandbags, and were built at a cost of 40 million baht ($1.2 million).
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Mr Wichit Buakaew, 43, a volunteer civilian militiaman at the Ban Pom-Sa-Ron school, told The Straits Times: 'The bunkers are good - just in case - but we are not worried.' His three children are among the 500 students studying at the school.

The school is less than 10km from the contentious Preah Vihear temple, which lies on the shared border between Thailand and Cambodia.

BP: Had never heard of bunkers being built before...