As the deadline set by authorities in Thailand's Sa Kaeo province for Cambodian residents to leave Prey Chan and Chouk Chey villages arrived, two Chinese naval ships and one Australian naval vessel docked at Cambodia's Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on the morning of October 10. Cambodia arranged a welcome and activities to strengthen cooperation. Australia's HMAS Ballarat will visit from October 10 to 13. The two ships from China, Cambodia's ironclad friend, are Qi Jiguang (PLAN 83) and Yi Mengshan (PLAN 988), which will remain on a visit until October 14.
Meanwhile, on the Cambodia–Thailand border, hundreds of armed Thai personnel with machinery again violated Cambodia's sovereignty on the morning of October 10 by entering to clear land in Prey Chan village, Ou Beichoan commune, Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province, according to an AKP reporter in Prey Chan.
Thailand's The Nation reported that the Thai military supported using martial law to address Cambodian villagers' encroachment on what it claimed was Thai sovereign territory. The military had been assigned to prepare a legal draft so that the work would comply with international law.
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee expressed serious concern over Thai military plans to use martial law to forcibly expel Cambodian residents from their homes and farmland within Cambodia. The committee urged the UN human rights office to address the matter and supported Cambodia's request for accountability for the violations.
Banteay Meanchey Governor អ៊ុ រាត្រី replied in writing to the Sa Kaeo administration, saying the location it contested was in Chouk Chey village, where Cambodians had long lived, held and used land. He said the two provincial administrations had no authority to determine the border in an area where demarcation had not been completed. He urged Sa Kaeo authorities to stop actions that widened the dispute and heightened tensions, and to await a solution from the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC).
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television — Written by: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
