Bangkok also says that it will apply Thai domestic law over Cambodians living in disputed villages. Thai military commanders have voted indefinitely to shut their country’s 817-kilometer border with Cambodia and will impose domestic laws on Cambodian citizens living in villages along the disputed frontier, prompting a strong protest from Phnom Penh. But a few families stayed on, and they built houses on the site and settled in, which the Thai military is now saying was built on Thai land,” one source said. But the military voted to maintain the border closure indefinitely, and applying Thai law over Cambodian citizens along the frontier is perhaps indicative of the real issues confronting negotiators attempting to resolve the conflict, particularly within ASEAN. This vote by the military, however, is a demonstration of the overarching power the Thai military holds along the frontier, and the acrimonious issues that have beset the two countries cannot be resolved quickly.