The Ministry of Labor said on Friday that more than 43,000 Cambodians had been deported from or fled Thailand during a junta-led roundup of illegal migrant workers, while the opposition put the figure at half a million and warned of an economic crisis caused by the influx of unemployed citizens.

Also on Friday, Thai Ambassador Pakdi Touchayoot denied claims made by local rights group Adhoc that up to nine Cambodian workers had been shot during the military raids.

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Source: (The Cambodia Daily – June 14, 2014)