Thursday, July 31, 2008

Rubbing salt on Thai wound? Cambodia preparing lavish celebration at border temple

Cambodia preparing lavish celebration at border temple

Jul 31, 2008
DPA

Phnom Penh - Cambodia will host a huge post-election celebration at Preah Vihear temple attended by the country's first lady, Bun Rany, and other high ranking officials, the government said Thursday.

Far from softening its stance on the 11th century border temple after it was made a Cambodian World Heritage site by UNESCO, angering neighboring Thailand, Cambodia is defiantly flaunting the site.

'We are all in preparation for Bun Rany's arrival. We have no security concerns because as a World Heritage site, the temple is a tourist destination, not a war zone,' Preah Vihear Deputy Governor Ka Lean said by telephone.

Although after recent talks with Thailand both sides agreed in principal to withdraw troops estimated to have reached more than 2,000 in the area, observers on the Cambodian side say no troops have been redeployed so far.

The celebration is scheduled for Friday, according to government spokesman Khieu Kanharith and Ka Lean.

Bun Rany is the wife of Prime Minister Hun Sen, and is a powerful political force in her own right, as well as being the head of the nation's Red Cross.

Her presence is expected to significantly boost the morale of Cambodian civilians and military on the border near the temple, around 300 kilometres north of the capital.

Thailand sent troops into what it maintains is disputed land but Cambodia says is sovereign territory more than two weeks ago in a move that has severely strained bilateral diplomatic relations.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

chey...yoyo..yuon...may be time for give away land to thailand also.....

Anonymous said...

chey...yoyo..yuon...may be time for give away land to thailand also.....

Anonymous said...

Just shut the fuckup loser. Let celebrate together, who fucking care that you lost an election because. a million have been dismissed from the voting lists, liar, you even cant find a more than 300 to cry for your ass.

Anonymous said...

I think this celebration is to boost Hun Sen image.

Now that Hun Sen has won the election how about him and his party do their job to boost the economy by attracting foreign investment.

Anonymous said...

No NO ah mas and wait to see the game upcoming is the first lady ,BUD RORNIE to play sexie and romtic .let you all get the point at preah vihear

Anonymous said...

I welcome the celebration at the Khmer Phrea Vihear temple because Cambodian people never see Phrea Vihear temple as a war zone but as tourist attraction!

It is the fucken Thai who want to look at every part of Cambodia as a war zone!

Anonymous said...

Ce...le...bra...tion, come on!
We celebrate, we all right!
loser cry, we celebrate...we all right, loser cry....you cry never stop....like 3months babies:-)

Anonymous said...

Now, it's time for the Thai to take a pre-emptive strike against the Cambodian troops.

Will Cambodia launch a retaliatory response?

If I were Thailand, I would launch a major strike against Cambodia, if they force to humiliate me.

And I say go ahead and have a celebration, hopefully the Thai will launch a first strike against this idiot regime.