International relationsCambodia severs internet from Thailand, closes border post
Moves are latest escalation of tension over disputed land
Cambodian immigration officials at the Daung checkpoint in Battambang province lock the border gate on Friday. (Photo by National Television Cambodia)
PHNOM PENH -- Mobile internet services were disrupted across Cambodia on Friday after Prime Minister Hun Manet instructed officials to cut internet and electricity connections with Thailand as border tensions persist between the neighbors over disputed land.