to reliable sources in Phnom Penh, the new outbreak of malaria resulted from the dispatch of tens of thousclnds of people to infested regions along the border with Thailand to build fortifications against the infiltrations of the Khmer guerillas. The spread of malaria would have already caused hundreds of death, according to sonm estimations made from evidences given by people coming back from the concerned regions. (. . . I The hospitals in the country are however full of sick people affected by malaria. (. ..) Some sources put forward the number of several ten thousands of cases. (. . .) NO official indication has ever been given on the exact number of persons participating in the fortification works. The Cambodian who had come back estimated that there were permanently during the dry ser?cAn (October to April) 100,000 to 200,000 persons on the work sites all along the Thai border. According to witnesses, each province, revolutionary Conk ttee, administration or firm must send a variable percentage of volunteers. The selectf on, according to these witnesses, was made by drawing of lots or by designation by political responsibles. These sources said that there were cases of desertion. ” (Translation from French). 8. Ms. MARIE ALEXANDRINE MARTIN, Naturalist and Ethnologist, Research Scientist at CNRS (France 1, with ten years of experience in Cambodian envi- ronment, gave a detailed description of that new Vietnamese crime, in a research published by the magazine “Politique Internationale” No 28, Summer 1985, and entitled : “Cambodia: A new colony for exploitation”. Excerpts of that research translated from French are as follows: ( . . . ) n!l’hai newspapers have confirmed, since January 1995, alarming rumours circulated as early as Autumn 1984 that the Vietnamese army had rounded up on a massive scale the Cambodian population to carry out military labours. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a public health crisis in Cambodia, specifically an outbreak of malaria, which is likely related to the displacement of people to areas along the border with Thailand. The text also mentions the involvement of the Vietnamese army and the forced labor of Cambodian population. Given the focus on health and humanitarian concerns, it is likely that the text is related to the consequences of large-scale displacement and labor exploitation.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief