ABC Radio Australia
Cambodian military officials say villagers living close to the Thai-Cambodian border where a military standoff has entered its third day have fled their homes in droves.
With 400 Thai and 800 Cambodian troops at their door, some 70 percent have left for safety.
The soldiers are stationed around a small Buddhist pagoda on the slope of the mountain leading to the ruins of the Preah Vihear temple.
The stand off began when three Thai protesters illegally crossed the border on Tuesday.
They vowed to reclaim the ancient temple which the World Court ruled as belonging to Cambodia in 1962.
The territorial dispute now centres on a 4.6-square-kilometre border area that is also home to a small Cambodian village.
The Thais are angry Cambodia allowed villagers to build in a disputed area.
Officials from both nations have agreed to talks in Thailand on Monday.
With 400 Thai and 800 Cambodian troops at their door, some 70 percent have left for safety.
The soldiers are stationed around a small Buddhist pagoda on the slope of the mountain leading to the ruins of the Preah Vihear temple.
The stand off began when three Thai protesters illegally crossed the border on Tuesday.
They vowed to reclaim the ancient temple which the World Court ruled as belonging to Cambodia in 1962.
The territorial dispute now centres on a 4.6-square-kilometre border area that is also home to a small Cambodian village.
The Thais are angry Cambodia allowed villagers to build in a disputed area.
Officials from both nations have agreed to talks in Thailand on Monday.
3 comments:
Pol Pot knew that he couldn't defeat the Vietcong and so he open Cambodia to Vietcong military force so the Vietcong can claim their victory! But what the Vietcong didn't know that Pol Pot military force make the Vietcong spent $1 million dollar a day just to maintain their troop in Cambodia and with the Russian help they manage to stay in Cambodia for 10 years! Now the Vietcong claimed that back then they were young, inexperience, and arrogant because they were intoxicated by all their military success against the French, the Jap, and the American and China. They think that they can conquer Cambodia easily and now they know realize their military capability and just want to be good neighbor! Ahahhahah
It is time to open Cambodia to the Thaicong military occupation so that the Thaicong can realize their military capability! Ahahhah
I never thought that the Thaicong can be so stupid!
Good, those monkeys don't belong in Issan Province.
Next, is to get rid of the monkeys illegal immigrants who's in hiding in Issan Province.
There is not such thing called Issan province. It is the north-eastern region in Thailand. Are you Khmer from Si Sa Ket province? If so, go and help stop the demonstrators near the border. Can you speak Khmer? Your province is the poorest province in Thailand. You need our temple to economically survive. I understand that is why you want the temple badly. Don't worry, even though the temple belong to us, we will share with you in terms of tourists money. But first you have to stop the stupid Thais from claiming that the temple belongs to them. Use your brain, if you have one, to make sense of things nowadays. Things that happens centuries ago are histories. If you really want to talk about history, half of Thailand belongs to Khmer Kings. If you don't realize this, your brain may be of a side of a penut, which is smaller than those of monkies guarding the temple.
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