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Thai King Steps in to Calm Anti-Cambodian Rally

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— BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej stepped in to calm rising anti-Cambodian sentiment in Bangkok Thursday after hundreds of Thais were airlifted out of Phnom Penh following riots there.

Police General Sant Sarutanonda told an angry mob of about 1,000 people gathered outside the Cambodian embassy in central Bangkok that he had received a call from a royal secretary conveying the king's call for calm.

"Thais are now heroes in the perception of the international community, we should not act like bandits," Sant told the rally quoting royal secretary Arsa Sarasin.

Protesters began gathering outside the Cambodian embassy earlier in the day after seeing news pictures of Cambodian demonstrators stamping on a portrait of the revered king, the world's longest reigning monarch.

Anti-Thai riots spread through the Cambodian capital overnight as angry mobs torched the Thai embassy there and destroyed Thai-owned businesses.


photo credit and caption:
A Cambodian military policeman walks past a damaged car on the grounds of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh January 30, 2003. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej stepped in to calm rising anti-Cambodian sentiment in Bangkok after hundreds of Thais were airlifted out of Phnom Penh following riots there. Photo by Chor Sokunthea/Reuters

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