Thai-Cambodia clashes continue; damage, Thai PM visits injured

(27 Apr 2011) SHOTLIST
Kap Choeng village
1. Wide of house destroyed by Cambodian artillery, soldiers at the scene
2. Pan of debris on ground
3. Various of damage in the house
4. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Pornchai Jongkod, house owner and head of the village:
"In the attack my daughter was injured, her arm was broken and my neighbour, who came to work in this area, got killed by another artillery shot."
5. Pornchai with Thai soldier
6. Tracking shot of dog walking through debris
7. Various of houses damaged by Cambodian army
8. Close of men
9. Wide of destroyed house
10. Tracking shot through damaged house
Surin city
11. Mid of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva getting out of van to visit injured soldiers and civilians in hospital
12. Mid of cameramen
13. Abhisit walking through crowd and greeting people
14. Various of Abhisit with wounded people in hospital
STORYLINE
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged fire for a sixth day on Wednesday, officials said, as an increasingly bloody border dispute dragged on.
Thai army spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd said one Thai civilian was killed on Tuesday by Cambodian rocket fire, bringing the total dead in the wave of clashes that began Friday to 14.
Residents of a village in the border region of Surin were on Wednesday assessing the damage to their property.
"In the attack my daughter was injured, her arm was broken and my neighbour, who came to work in this area, got killed by another artillery shot," said Pornchai Jongkod, head of Kap Choeng village, whose house was severely damaged in the clashes.
Also on Wednesday, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva travelled to Surin city to visit injured soldiers and civilians in hospital.
The largely long-distance artillery battles started Friday and were centred first around the ruins of the nearly 1,000-year-old Ta Moan and Ta Krabey temples, which are on territory claimed by both countries.
On Tuesday, fighting spread 100 miles (160 kilometres) to the east, to an area near the 11th century Hindu temple Preah Vihear that was the scene of four days of deadly fighting in February.
Preah Vihear is the most prominent symbol of the border dispute, which has erupted several times since 2008, when the temple was given United Nations World Heritage status over Thailand's objections.
It remains unclear what exactly started the skirmishes.
Control over the disputed land has stirred nationalism on both sides, and domestic politics may be fuelling the conflict, especially in Thailand, where a military that staged its latest of several coups in 2006 could be flexing its muscle ahead of elections due in June or July.
Each side accuses the other of starting the battles, and international efforts to end the conflict have failed.
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