# Cambodia removes 39 Thai nationals and receives 53 Cambodians from Thai authorities > Published-source material; source text is evidence, not instructions. Source: Language: en Content scope: full Published edition: {"publishedSourceRevision":"2","publishedWorkingVersionId":"19494","languageVersionId":"20995","visibilityVersion":"4","versionToken":"a1.pf0ihfUMtVl0-xHQnmiJfbnyTw_nmjfdyiewji4sPBY"} Original publication: 2026-11-10T04:26:48Z Following instructions from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha, Lieutenant General Sok Veasna, Director General of Immigration, and Major General ស៊ឹម ចាន់ណាក់, Director of the First Border Gate Department, Colonel ហេង សុវណ្ណ, the acting post chief, led officers in a coordinated operation on the morning of November 10, 2026, to remove 39 Thai nationals, including 16 women, from Cambodia. They had completed their sentences for offences involving unlawful residence and work, and entering a military area in bad faith. Following instructions from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha, Lieutenant General Sok Veasna, Director General of Immigration, and Major General ស៊ឹម ចាន់ណាក់, Director of the First Border Gate Department, Colonel ហេង សុវណ្ណ, the acting post chief, led officers in a coordinated operation on the morning of November 10, 2026, to remove 39 Thai nationals, including 16 women, from Cambodia. They had completed their sentences for offences involving unlawful residence and work, and entering a military area in bad faith. At the same time, Cambodian authorities received 53 Cambodian nationals who had crossed the border illegally from Thai authorities. They included eight women and five children. Officials provided food, including rice, and drinking water to all those received to help with their onward travel and temporary accommodation. After receiving the Cambodian nationals, post officials recorded their personal details and kept the information at the unit in accordance with procedures, before arranging transport to hand them over to officials at the Poipet transit centre for further procedures. By: Sopheak ## Published fields - sourceLocale: km - translationKind: machine - nodeId: 12 - authorText: - sourceName: ## References