REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PHNOM PENH -- Thai authorities have sent 7, 507 illegal Cambodian migrant workers back to Cambodia since the start of this month, a Cambodian spokesman said Wednesday.

"Within nine days from June 1 to 9, Thai authorities have sent 7,507 illegal Cambodian migrant workers back to Cambodia," Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a statement.

The repatriation was largely due to the Thai military coup in May, which made companies to stop employing illegal migrant employees, said the spokesman.

He dismissed news reporting that Thai military had shot Cambodian workers.

"The Cambodian Embassy to Bangkok had already investigated it and found that there was no such information," he said.

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