By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh
04 March 2008
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said Tuesday Thailand will not oppose Cambodia's proposal to include Preah Vihear temple as a Unesco World Heritage Site, a government spokesman said, quelling a debate that has been simmering for months.
"At the last minute of the meeting, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej reconfirmed that Thailand will not oppose Cambodia's attempt to put Preah Vihear temple onto the World Heritage list, but Samak requested the Cambodian side not affect the border problem," spokesman Khieu Kanharith told reporters, following a 1.5-hour meeting between Samak and Prime Minister Hun Sen Monday. "This is Thailand's official stance."
Thai Embassy First Secretary Chaturong Chaiyakam referred questions over the meeting to Khieu Kanharith.
Preah Vihear temple, on the northern border with Thailand, is built on top of Dang Rek mountain and is a potential tourist attraction. Its position on the Thai border has put its ownership in question in the past, and Cambodian and Thailand have had trouble agreeing on who should submit the temple to Unesco for World Heritage protection.
Hun Sen told Samak that Cambodia would not surround the temple with entertainment or cause a border conflict, Khieu Kanharith said.
"We put the frame of the temple onto the list," he said. "We won't affect the border problem."
Unesco could put the temple into the World Heritage List in Canada in June, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Monday.
"At the last minute of the meeting, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej reconfirmed that Thailand will not oppose Cambodia's attempt to put Preah Vihear temple onto the World Heritage list, but Samak requested the Cambodian side not affect the border problem," spokesman Khieu Kanharith told reporters, following a 1.5-hour meeting between Samak and Prime Minister Hun Sen Monday. "This is Thailand's official stance."
Thai Embassy First Secretary Chaturong Chaiyakam referred questions over the meeting to Khieu Kanharith.
Preah Vihear temple, on the northern border with Thailand, is built on top of Dang Rek mountain and is a potential tourist attraction. Its position on the Thai border has put its ownership in question in the past, and Cambodian and Thailand have had trouble agreeing on who should submit the temple to Unesco for World Heritage protection.
Hun Sen told Samak that Cambodia would not surround the temple with entertainment or cause a border conflict, Khieu Kanharith said.
"We put the frame of the temple onto the list," he said. "We won't affect the border problem."
Unesco could put the temple into the World Heritage List in Canada in June, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Monday.
6 comments:
This is fucken outrageous when the fucken Thaicong still continue to press their claim that Cambodia must jointly develop the surrounding area of Khmer Phrea Vihear temple for economic purpose!
The fucken Thaicong used the word "surrounding area" with the aim to turn Khmer Phrea Vihear temple into Vatican City because the surrounding area can't be claimed by Khmer! This kind of Thaicong logic must not allow to float and to trick Khmer leaders and population into making the wrong decision by sharing Khmer property, Khmer sovereignty and Khmer economic success with the Thaicong government which is called by the Thaicong government as win-win agreement! No! This is not a win-win agreement because the Thaicong used what Cambodia has which Khmer Phrea Vihear temple to make money and this is called “pimping”! The fucken Thaicong leaders need stop treating Khmer people as their bitch!
The fucken Thaicong leaders had been playing with the issue Khmer Phrea Vihear far too long and it is time to put end to the stupid Thaicong game! The Thaicong leaders had been using many dirty tactics to slow down Cambodia economic progress by using the Khmer Phrea Vihear temple issue and turn it into border issue with UNESCO (UNESCO deal only with cultural issue!), by pressuring Khmer leaders into economic cooperation with the Thaicong, and now the Thaicong force the Khmer to claimed only Khmer Phrea Vihear temple but not the land around the temple! The Thaicong even used the dirty tactics to claim that Khmer Preah Vihear temple can only be accessed from the Thaicong side which is very misleading as if the Khmer Preah Vihear temple located inside Thailame and Khmer people is cut off completely a from Khmer Preah Vihear temple! And can anybody tell me how did the fucken Thaicong were able to access Khmer Preah Vihear temple is such a manner from their side of the border? It is because the fucken Thaicong build their fucken paved roads to Khmer Phrea Vihear temple and that is how they can have accessed the Khmer Preah Vihear temple from their side! Why can stupid Khmer government do the same as the Thaicong after all Khmer Preah Vihear temple belongs to the Khmer? Khmer people will have to fly into Khmer Preah Vihear temple? Ahahahahh
Please remember that the Thaicong government had closed their border to Khmer people and Khmer Phrea Vihear temple many times before to show their contention, rivalry and non-cooperation behavior to make Cambodian people suffered from economic hardship because the Thaicong government knew that 90% of dirt poor Cambodian people depend on the Thaicong products and the border trade for survival but this is very misleading perception because the Khmer people can get their consumer products from somewhere else too such as from Taiwan, Korea, China, US, Japan, and EU…! Please just remember that the Thaicong are not in business to share or cooperate anything with Khmer people! Please just remember that on average at least 12 Khmer people got shot and killed by the Thaicong army along Khmer-Thaicong border every year and the death Khmer people should be putt in a special coffin cover with Khmer flag and announce on Khmer national TV of the Thaicong naked aggression and brutality for violating basic human right without due process! This is just to show all you Khmer leader and population that the Thaicong are in business to kill Khmer people, to take what Khmer have, and to use what Khmer have to pursue their economic interest! Now, why do stupid Khmer leaders and population are so stupid not to see such things! It is one thing to see Khmer people suffer from the Thaicong or the Vietcong aggression but to see Khmer people suffer from the Thaicong or Vietcong aggression and to see stupid Khmer leaders colluding with the Thaicong leaders or the Vietcong leaders is such a shame beyond any words to describe the humiliation to be born as Khmer people and it will not promote peace and stability but will only promote animosity and hostility! I believe Khmer leaders must not allow the Thaicong to use Khmer Preah Vihear temple to advance their economic interest by any mean because Khmer Preah Vihear temple represent cultural icon, the achievement of Khmer civilization, the national symbol, and the symbol of Khmer pride of their identity for being Khmer in the world!
It take only two to play the stupid Thaicong game on the issue of Khmer Preah Vihear temple but it takes only one to end the stupid Thaicong game and I hope the stupid Khmer leaders know what to do either to play or not to play and if the stupid Khmer leaders choose to play the Thaicong game and they must play to win!
Prasat Ta Moan is next!
Indeed Prasat Ta Moan will be next if you don't cut out the racist craps.
To 8:25AM
You called me a racist and what do you call yourself when you support the Thaicong the killer of Cambodian people?
You are murderer!
You are killer!
You are assassin!
O.k folk, we won the ownership of Preah Vihear in 1962. Whata hell did we do after that? just tucked it away in the jungle? So that someone else can build road to it and not us? What is Preah Vihear an island?
Other the other hand, that's an honarable act of The Thai P.M to not interfere with our affair. Enough is enough.
New Khmer generation.
The Thaicong affairs are far from over! So what Cambodian can claimed the right to Khmer Preah Vihear temple but Khmer can not claim the land surrounded the area of the Khmer Preah Vihear temple! How the fuck Khmer people can have access or develop anything with the Preah Vihear temple and Khmer people will fly to get to the temple? Well! This is exactly the Thaicong government want the Khmer people to do to have access to the temple by fly helicopters or airplanes to get there!
Again the fucken Thaicong better fuck off! Khmer people will have access by land and by air to the Khmer Phrea Vihear temple no matter what!
No, join development just mean we work together to develop the area. For instance, you don't want to just snap up hotel and housing that block the Khmer Leu from accessing the temple ... . Just think of it as a community affair.
However, before the above can be established, you must sort out the demarcation. That way, you don't build anything on the Thai land, and they don't build anything on our land.
I just hope we both can commit to get every done as quickly as possible.
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