Thai tourists visit the Preah Vihear temple in CambodiaPHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodia has closed its border with Thailand at the disputed Preah Vihear temple after a group of Thai protesters rallied near the ruins, an official said Tuesday.
Senior Minister Var Kimhong, chairman of the Cambodian government's border committee, told AFP the border crossing was closed on Sunday evening when a group of Thai protesters rallied near the checkpoint.
"The reason is Thai protesters demonstrated near the gate to the temple and authorities feared that something could happen to visitors to Preah Vihear temple," Kimhong said, adding he did not know when the crossing would reopen.
The protesters rallied against a decision last week by Thailand's cabinet to give Cambodia the green light to apply for the Preah Vihear temple to be listed as a World Heritage Site.
The deal has sparked claims that Thailand would lose territory to Cambodia around the small but emotive site.
Cambodia's attempt last year to have the ancient Hindu site, perched on a mountaintop on the Thai-Cambodia border, listed by the UN's cultural body UNESCO failed, with rumours that Thailand had blocked the deal.
Cambodia began seeking World Heritage status for Preah Vihear nearly six years ago, but the temple has long plagued Thai-Cambodian relations.
Both countries have historically laid claim to the site, which sits on Cambodian soil but can only be easily accessed from Thailand.
Former Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk took Thailand to the World Court in 1962 over the two countries' claim to Preah Vihear. The court ruled that the temple belonged to Cambodia.
A spat in 2003 over Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple -- the most significant symbol of the country's ancient Khmer empire -- sparked a night of riots that saw Thailand's embassy and several Thai-owned businesses burned and looted.
Senior Minister Var Kimhong, chairman of the Cambodian government's border committee, told AFP the border crossing was closed on Sunday evening when a group of Thai protesters rallied near the checkpoint.
"The reason is Thai protesters demonstrated near the gate to the temple and authorities feared that something could happen to visitors to Preah Vihear temple," Kimhong said, adding he did not know when the crossing would reopen.
The protesters rallied against a decision last week by Thailand's cabinet to give Cambodia the green light to apply for the Preah Vihear temple to be listed as a World Heritage Site.
The deal has sparked claims that Thailand would lose territory to Cambodia around the small but emotive site.
Cambodia's attempt last year to have the ancient Hindu site, perched on a mountaintop on the Thai-Cambodia border, listed by the UN's cultural body UNESCO failed, with rumours that Thailand had blocked the deal.
Cambodia began seeking World Heritage status for Preah Vihear nearly six years ago, but the temple has long plagued Thai-Cambodian relations.
Both countries have historically laid claim to the site, which sits on Cambodian soil but can only be easily accessed from Thailand.
Former Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk took Thailand to the World Court in 1962 over the two countries' claim to Preah Vihear. The court ruled that the temple belonged to Cambodia.
A spat in 2003 over Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple -- the most significant symbol of the country's ancient Khmer empire -- sparked a night of riots that saw Thailand's embassy and several Thai-owned businesses burned and looted.
21 comments:
It's our, no one else!
It belongs to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia. Because the four countries were part of the Khmer Empire, and the King who built it was King Suryavarman II. He was born in the Khmer Empire the land is now Thailand. He was also Thai King.
There is no more Khmer Empire and no more Khmers, only us new people called Thais and Cambodians.
Hi 12:11 I don't who u a n i do not know what mean time 12 shoukd separate clearly, Krup.
The Thaicong will bite the dust if they keep on behaving like little children!
This is the best decision so far and that is to shut the Khmer Phrea Vihear temple completely from the Thaicong!
កំណាព្យប្រដៅសៀម
នែ៎!សៀមឈាមថោក គំនិតស្មោកគ្រោក លោភលន់ឥតខ្មាស់ ព្រះវិហារនេះណា ពិតខ្មែរជាម្ចាស់ សកលជ្រាបច្បាស់ គ្រប់ទីគ្រប់ឋាន។
នែ៎!សៀមចង្រៃ កុំដេកស្រមៃ អោយហួសក្តីស្មាន ព្រះវិហាររបស់ខ្មែរ ឥតប្រកែកបាន តុលាការបាន កាត់ក្ដីរួចហើយ។
នែ៎!សៀមទុរយស ទៅផ្ទះវិញចុះ កុំនៅកន្តើយ បើចង់សុខខ្លួន ចេញកុំងាកក្រោយ យើងប្រាប់អោយហើយ នេះការព្រមាន៕
និពន្ធដោយ
Khmer Students Association in Germany
For those who can't read Khmer Unicode:
Kamnap Prodao Siam
Ne!Siam chheam thok kumnit smoak kroak loplun eth kmas preah vihear nis na pit khmer chea mchas sakal chreap cbas krub ti krub than.
Ne!Siam chang ray kom dek sromai oy huos kdei sman preah vihear robos khmer eth prokek ban tolakar ban kat kdei ruoch hoy.
Ne!Siam touroyuos tov ptas vinh chos kom nov kontoy beu chang sok kluon chenh kom ngeak kroy yeung prab oy hoy nis kar promean.
nipun doy
Khmer Students Association in Germany
Just shut the f*ck up ah 12:11 foolish piece of crock! Khmer still live, you stupid azzhole! Malaysia does not ever claim what belongs to Cambodia. Ah Siem like you need to go back to Nan Chao to reclaim your ancestral piece of shit! Stop mislabelling the Cambodians as not Khmer, you stupid mather f*cker. Do you know why? because the term Cambodian is translated into the Khmer language as simply Khmer.
The Preah Vihear Temple belongs to Thailand. Give it back to us, then you'll have no trouble in the future with us.
Consequences: we'll pull out our investments out of Cambodia. We'll close the border crossing at all entrances linking to Khmer.
It's your choice!
I agreed with 12:11.
To 3:48 PM,
You are such a low life trouble maker or just a bandit. In your dream that Preah Vihear is belong to Thai. If you want the temple please cross the border to see me. I am one of the soldier standing guard there and ready to eat your liver. I hope to see you soon.
LOL---->"Consequences: we'll pull out our investments out of Cambodia. We'll close the border crossing at all entrances linking to Khmer".
For years, Cambodia live without Thailand investments. Please take out your investments out of Cambodia. When HUN SEN shut your embassy in Phnom Penh, Thailand already shit in their pants cause they can't sell their shit any where else. You god damn Kapik "Buck-ha nee" si ma moeung.!!!
Man, I hope HUN SEN shut all border gates around Khmer/Siam for good. We don't want SIAM's prodcut inside Cambodia. You going down SIAM!!!As Khmer will rise in economy you will kiss Khmer's ass for business. You will see the reality. Khmer wil be rich pretty soon and we don't your stinking Siam's product.
The Siam are incredibly so retarded.
Wake asshole it's you DOG that need us not the other way around.
Can you name me just one product that Cambodia need from your fucking country????
You don't even realize that your stupid government try to save the Siam ass. Your Bangkok economy base on prostitute will not go far.
We are glad for you that you got one piece of history right, when you were under the Khmer empire you are just mere slave to us, do you understand that??????
That's right we want the whole world to enjoy Preah Vihear that's why we want to enlist it with the UNESCO.
But you Siam DOG have been barking like crazy, I don't know why are you begging for the stick. We will enlist anyway, pea brain people.
Hey, stop accusing the Siem. They had nothing to do with this. Talk to the Khmer-Thai if you don't want to give them any share of the temple that they built.
Oh my God the Siam is planning to invade Cambodia if we don't give Preah Vihear to them.
That will be the biggest mistake in the Siam history (if you have one). Take my advice don't even think about you will lose your whole country. You really don't have a clue what happen in South East Asia right now!!! What a sad nation you are.
Fucker I don't know what a Khmer-Thai is, and I don't know who's talking about sharing.
And I don't even care!!!
Man the Siam brain is so small that they get lost in their own scheme. Take a piece a paper a draw your idea, it will help you thing straight.
This is not the fucken issue with the Khmer-Thaicong! And beside there is no such thing as Khmer-Thaicong!
For over 40 years the Thaicong government banned Khmer language in Thailame so that no Khmer people in Thailame can learn to speak Khmer!
Let just hope that the so called Khmer-Thaicong know how to speak Khmer otherwise I don't even need to listen to any of them!
The Thaicong issue has become the Khmer-Thaicong issue? The fucken Thaicong flip-flop too much and they can't even think straight!
Government of Cambodian should be strong..Khmer lost a lot of land to vietname and thai already.. no more lost
Nope, we didn't not lost any land to Thai and Yuon, but to Khmer oppositions who used Thai and Yuon as protectorate. This is no difference from Ah Scam Rainxy seeking EU and US as protectorate to further divided the country. To bad, however, it didn't workout for Ah Stupid Scam Rainsy though, but it was nevertheless a nice try.
Nope eh!
Yep Ho!
You Vietdung!!!
Vietdung is Ah Khmer-Yuon favorite food. They have been eating it for centuries. They'll never get tired of it.
THE WORLD COURT RULED PREAH VIHEAR BELONGS TO CAMBODIA IN 1962. WHAT IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM? HOW DARE YOU (THAI) DISOBEYED THE WORLD COURT RULING! WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
SHUT IT DOWN PERMANENTLY. THIS WAY, THE THAI CAN'T USE IT. THUS, IT ALSO HELP PRESERVE THE TEMPLE FROM DETERIORATIONS. MAKE IT EXTERIOR AND AIRIAL VIEWS ONLY! ANYONE DISAGREE?
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