By Sav Yuth
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
A group of Cambodian local villagers and border soldiers claimed that at the Choam Sro-ngam pass, on the Dangrek mountain chain, in Anlong Veng district, Oddar Meanchey province, a group of black-clad Thai soldiers have penetrated the border into Cambodia’s territory again.
Local villagers living along the Thai-Cambodian border line near O’Kranhoung, close to Pol Pot’s burial ground claimed that since the beginning of February and up to March, Thai soldiers made several incursions inside Cambodia and prevented the villagers from building their homes.
An anonymous Cambodian villager said: “People are very scared. Now the Thai are occupying the land the authorities sold to 300 families, the price of the land is about $100,000 in total. The Thai soldiers’ incursion started since the beginning of February and it still goes on now in March, they are doing their incursion and violating our territories for the second time since the beginning of February.”
The Cambodian-Thai border liaison vice-president based in Choam Sro-ngam pass, Commander Toch Ra, also said the black-clad Thai soldiers are usually patrolling nearby, but they made their incursion [inside Cambodia]. The commander said that he does not know what the Thai soldiers want because according to the map, the incursion area is inside Cambodia. “On the Thai side, they do not allow the building of homes there. I am certain that this is our territory, according to our map, the location is correctly ours, we do not violate into their side.”
Var Kim Hong, the president of the government border disputes resolution, said on Monday that the government is aware of the problem, and the Cambodian side and their Thai counterparts are meeting in Bangkok in February on this issue. He asked that people not to build homes in this area for now, until the border problem is clearly resolved by both sides.
Var Kim Hong said: “The government knew about this already. During the meeting in Bangkok on 27-28 February, we discuss with the Thai side already and gave them Cambodia’s standing to let them know. The Thai side insists that our villagers who built their homes near the border, to have them tear down their homes. We told them about everything already. On the 28 [of February], I went to meeting, on the 1st [of March] I returned from Bangkok, both sides visited the area, including the Ministry of Defense officials, the Cambodian office of border liaison, and also the president of the Cambodian-Thai border liaison.
Var Kim Hong said that the Thai-Cambodian sides are still discussing to resolve several border issues extending from Malai pass in Battambang province, all the way to Oddar Meanchey province.
Local villagers living along the Thai-Cambodian border line near O’Kranhoung, close to Pol Pot’s burial ground claimed that since the beginning of February and up to March, Thai soldiers made several incursions inside Cambodia and prevented the villagers from building their homes.
An anonymous Cambodian villager said: “People are very scared. Now the Thai are occupying the land the authorities sold to 300 families, the price of the land is about $100,000 in total. The Thai soldiers’ incursion started since the beginning of February and it still goes on now in March, they are doing their incursion and violating our territories for the second time since the beginning of February.”
The Cambodian-Thai border liaison vice-president based in Choam Sro-ngam pass, Commander Toch Ra, also said the black-clad Thai soldiers are usually patrolling nearby, but they made their incursion [inside Cambodia]. The commander said that he does not know what the Thai soldiers want because according to the map, the incursion area is inside Cambodia. “On the Thai side, they do not allow the building of homes there. I am certain that this is our territory, according to our map, the location is correctly ours, we do not violate into their side.”
Var Kim Hong, the president of the government border disputes resolution, said on Monday that the government is aware of the problem, and the Cambodian side and their Thai counterparts are meeting in Bangkok in February on this issue. He asked that people not to build homes in this area for now, until the border problem is clearly resolved by both sides.
Var Kim Hong said: “The government knew about this already. During the meeting in Bangkok on 27-28 February, we discuss with the Thai side already and gave them Cambodia’s standing to let them know. The Thai side insists that our villagers who built their homes near the border, to have them tear down their homes. We told them about everything already. On the 28 [of February], I went to meeting, on the 1st [of March] I returned from Bangkok, both sides visited the area, including the Ministry of Defense officials, the Cambodian office of border liaison, and also the president of the Cambodian-Thai border liaison.
Var Kim Hong said that the Thai-Cambodian sides are still discussing to resolve several border issues extending from Malai pass in Battambang province, all the way to Oddar Meanchey province.
5 comments:
Var Kimhong euy Var Kimhong, what is your nationality? you always ask our people not to build their home on their own land (Cambodia territory) you always side with Thai and Youn... How come???
you said you know what happened but you never take any action again chor thai chol teuk dei Khmer.
because ah cho marai yuon shit has no khme brain, don't care as long as he holds on to power.
hun shit need bullets to his head.
khmer knong srok
Ah Hun Zen tries to invade and grab Cambodia's people land in his own country. He indicates to the neighboring countries that they can do the same thing to Cambodia to grab Cambodia's land. It takes him so long before election to say it's illigal to grab land. So far he has no mention about Youn and Siem grabbing lands from Cambodia.
He is a Cambodia killer and traitor.
What's going on w/this stupid commander Toch Ra? If arr Siem arch kree cross our border to destroy our khmer houses, just shoot them. Why asked stupid questions? Our khmerpeople were and dead at the spot by arr siem w/out justice. Why do you(Toch Ra)care? We should not have a stupid commander like that to protect our border.
The great words of Samdech Choun Nath:
All Khmers, please remember the root and history of our great country
Our boundary was wide and well known
Others always thought highly of our race
And always placed our race as the elders.
We have great heritage and culture
Which has spread far and wide in the Far East.
Religion, arts and education,
Music, philosophy and strategies are all that we have spread.
All Khmers, please remember our roots and history
Which speaks of the grandeur of our great race
Make up your mind and body and try hard to rebuild
In order to lift the value of our nation
To once again rise to the greatness that we once had.
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