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Bangkok - Cambodian soldiers on Tuesday detained three Thai protestors, including one Buddhist monk, who had crossed the border to demonstrate against the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a UN World Heritage Site despite Thailand's opposition. State-run Thai TV PBS said the three men, identified as Phicharn Thapsorn, 35, Chanikarn Singnok, 64, and Buddhist Monk Khamphor, were detained by Cambodian soldiers Tuesday.
The group had crossed in to Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, from the Thai Khantalak district in Si Sa Khet province on Monday, the TV station said.
Preah Vihear temple, known as Phra Viharn in Thailand, was named a World Heritage Site at a UNESCO meeting in Quebec earlier this month, despite Thai opposition to the listing.
The ancientHindu Khmer temple, perched on a 525-metre-high cliff on the Dangrek Mountain range that defines the Thai-Cambodian border, has been the source of a sovereignty dispute for decades.
An ownership spat between Cambodia and Thailand led to a suspension of diplomatic relations in 1958 and eventually ended up in The Hague for an international settlement in 1962. Cambodia won.
The temple reemerged as a source of bilateral tensions in 2006 when Cambodia first proposed listing the monument as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Thailand objected, and succeeded in blocking the subscription attempt in 2006 and 2007 on the grounds that parts of the temple compound were still subject to a border dispute.
Cambodia redrew the Preah Vihear inscription map this year, excluding the disputed territory. It was approved by the World Heritage Committee on July 7.
The Thai government at first backed the proposal, but then withdrew support when the issue became a political hot potato.
Residents of Si Sa Khet province, about 400 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, have been protesting the listing since early July, prompting Cambodia to shut access to the temple from the Thai side of the border.
The group had crossed in to Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, from the Thai Khantalak district in Si Sa Khet province on Monday, the TV station said.
Preah Vihear temple, known as Phra Viharn in Thailand, was named a World Heritage Site at a UNESCO meeting in Quebec earlier this month, despite Thai opposition to the listing.
The ancient
An ownership spat between Cambodia and Thailand led to a suspension of diplomatic relations in 1958 and eventually ended up in The Hague for an international settlement in 1962. Cambodia won.
The temple reemerged as a source of bilateral tensions in 2006 when Cambodia first proposed listing the monument as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Thailand objected, and succeeded in blocking the subscription attempt in 2006 and 2007 on the grounds that parts of the temple compound were still subject to a border dispute.
Cambodia redrew the Preah Vihear inscription map this year, excluding the disputed territory. It was approved by the World Heritage Committee on July 7.
The Thai government at first backed the proposal, but then withdrew support when the issue became a political hot potato.
Residents of Si Sa Khet province, about 400 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, have been protesting the listing since early July, prompting Cambodia to shut access to the temple from the Thai side of the border.
17 comments:
There is no such thing as Phra Viharn . There is only one Khmer temple call Preah Vihear and that is located in Cambodia(Khmer)
Cambodian troopers, you must do your duty to defend the motherland. Let these fanatics have it if they are too crazy to handle. Hahha. The Nan Chao Siems are invading Cambodia, and it is our rights to make sure they are in check. Hhahah.
Just hold them as hostage and demand more money to support our people. since neighbor like to make money out of us, may be we should learn like them and to benefit our Khmer people.
man the cambodian soldiers shouldn't do this, what they should have done is that shoot the damn Thais while they're climbing the fence on the way down to the Cambodian side. That was what the Thais soldiers did to Khmer. Shoot first talk later.
The monkey in Cambodia wouldn't there to shot Khmer People from Issan.
Correction: The monkey in Cambodia wouldn't DARE to shot Khmer People from Issan.
Khmer Issan were the slaves of Khmer in Cambodia now they are the slave of Thai all the ways
Ah 1:38, Khmer are known to not put up with crazy people like ah Khmer issan who can't even speak or properly Khmer words, mather f*cker. Especially ah Khmer Issan like you dawg, ahahha, you are so stupid therefore to keep you is no gain and lose you is no loss, to borrow Pol Pot's phrase ahahaha.
Yeah, but Pol Pot phrase is for the monkeys in Cambodia only, not for Khmer People in Issan Province.
just rape these stupid thais nationals. anyway, they know debauchery already in that thai country of katoeuys and prostitutes. that's why thai are bastards....
"For the Thai idiots who don't understand English and rule of law"
Jone thai yu nai Isan mun riak puok mun wah "khamen Isan" mun pen reung huaroh, rao pen kon khamen mai keui pai khamoy arai jahg kon eun rheu prathet peun bahn khong rao.
2:48 PM
Sorry man, I was robbed by Khmers when I visited there in 1998.
Can I call you Khmers theives?
To all khmer political party,
You should have pride to have born as khmer people, so you must have nationalism, territorism idea...etc It's first priority for our next generation. At this time we face the Siam thief who have been occupying illegally at our temple. We need all of you support us to make demonstration infront of Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh.
Longlive, kingdom of Cambodia!!
Go to hell the neighboring evil such as SIAM and YOUN!!!
Wake up all khmer people!!!
From khmer next generation
Dear, Political party of Thailand.
You have to Understand all powerful Country and U.N known the truth about what' belong to Kingdom of Cambodia,All business people in the world fucusing to do business in the kingdom of Cambodia.I believe you know what's to do.
Thank you!!!!
If I were to deal with economic situations in Preah Vihear, I would be to invest on touristic facilities in Cambodia's jurisdiction. I went there in 2004, it was quite risky to climb up using Nissan.
Anyone is interested in building a skyline for tourists in the valley of the temple in Cambodia's side. It will be so spectacular if we can make it. I guess now roads leading to the temple is better. So let's close that dependent border, and concentrate on innovating our own business plan. Doing this I think Siam might not dare to look down on us anymore. How about building a skyline there? More tourists from Along Vieng right close to the edge of the hill using the skyline facilities. I have seen one in Rotorua, NZ. It is great if we can make it up there.
Jas. NZ.
cambodia, don't release them until their gov't settled and respect the icj verdict and the franco-siamese treaty of 1904 - 1907.
DEAR ALL,
LET'S VOLUNTEER ALL KHMERS HERE IN CAMBODIA AND OVERSEA AND UNDER OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT TO BE DEPLOYED AT PREAH VIHEAR AND DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AGAINST FOREIGN AGRESSION!!!
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