Bangkok Post
EDITORIAL
The bloody clash between members of the the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy and a group of local people in Si Sa Ket at the foot of the contentious Preah Vihear temple complex is a sad event. It is a culmination of the relentless building up of nationalist frenzy to the point that it bypasses reason and good judgement.
The touchy issue of Preah Vihear could not have occurred at a worse time for Thai-Cambodian relations, either. An ill-natured election campaign in Cambodia and an equally vengeful government-opposition face-off in Thailand have turned a cultural subject back into a political and nationalist confrontation. The governments on both sides of the border have caved in to the actions of self-styled super-patriots. A border committee meeting scheduled for Monday has to take firm action on both sides of the border to end all threats of violence and ratchet down the ugly voices.
The near-crisis around the temple issue has occurred for a variety of unfortunate reasons. For separate but equal reasons, neither Thai nor Cambodian authorities have been totally in control of events focusing on the ancient treasure. In both countries, extreme nationalists managed to gain the upper hand, leading to an ugly confrontation at the Preah Vihear site.
The priority on both sides of the border must be for the proper authorities to gain total control. There has been neither cause nor justification for the self-styled patriots of either Thailand or Cambodia to challenge the status quo at the temple site. Thais and Cambodians have long inhabited the region around the temple peacefully. Credit is due to both governments and both local military commands at the frontier for dealing peacefully and leniently with the mobs set on "liberating" the temple and the disputed surrounding territory.
It is an unhappy coincidence that both the Thai and Cambodian authorities have had to deal so cautiously with such embarrassing groups. Still, the army should have moved much more forcefully to block extremists in their quest to violate long-established border controls. The brief arrest of three Thais for crossing illegally into Cambodia was embarrassing to Thai forces responsible for border security - and to all Thais who want to see a peaceful resolution to existing disputes around the temple.
Just as in Thailand, the Cambodian political opposition has accused the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen of being soft on Preah Vihear, of negotiating with Thailand instead of seizing the 4.6 square kilometres of overlapping land.
There, as here, the government has had to try to deal with the temple tempest without seeming to be going against the national will.
Thai authorities have invited Cambodian counterparts to Sa Kaeo province on Monday for a special meeting of the General Border Committee. Thankfully, officials of both countries have stayed calm. There is no reason for any cross-border confrontation on the issue.
It might be wise to close the area for a short time to let tempers cool. Thai and Cambodian troops should agree to jointly patrol the area and prevent any civilians or nationalist groups from violating the border.
Because of the temple's unique geographical location, discussions should be held on jointly caring for the grounds around the Cambodia-owned temple. In addition, authorities must agree to begin talks and surveys to settle ownership of the disputed patch of land around Preah Vihear. Both the temple and bilateral relations are too important to let ultra-nationalists gain the upper hand with violence.
The touchy issue of Preah Vihear could not have occurred at a worse time for Thai-Cambodian relations, either. An ill-natured election campaign in Cambodia and an equally vengeful government-opposition face-off in Thailand have turned a cultural subject back into a political and nationalist confrontation. The governments on both sides of the border have caved in to the actions of self-styled super-patriots. A border committee meeting scheduled for Monday has to take firm action on both sides of the border to end all threats of violence and ratchet down the ugly voices.
The near-crisis around the temple issue has occurred for a variety of unfortunate reasons. For separate but equal reasons, neither Thai nor Cambodian authorities have been totally in control of events focusing on the ancient treasure. In both countries, extreme nationalists managed to gain the upper hand, leading to an ugly confrontation at the Preah Vihear site.
The priority on both sides of the border must be for the proper authorities to gain total control. There has been neither cause nor justification for the self-styled patriots of either Thailand or Cambodia to challenge the status quo at the temple site. Thais and Cambodians have long inhabited the region around the temple peacefully. Credit is due to both governments and both local military commands at the frontier for dealing peacefully and leniently with the mobs set on "liberating" the temple and the disputed surrounding territory.
It is an unhappy coincidence that both the Thai and Cambodian authorities have had to deal so cautiously with such embarrassing groups. Still, the army should have moved much more forcefully to block extremists in their quest to violate long-established border controls. The brief arrest of three Thais for crossing illegally into Cambodia was embarrassing to Thai forces responsible for border security - and to all Thais who want to see a peaceful resolution to existing disputes around the temple.
Just as in Thailand, the Cambodian political opposition has accused the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen of being soft on Preah Vihear, of negotiating with Thailand instead of seizing the 4.6 square kilometres of overlapping land.
There, as here, the government has had to try to deal with the temple tempest without seeming to be going against the national will.
Thai authorities have invited Cambodian counterparts to Sa Kaeo province on Monday for a special meeting of the General Border Committee. Thankfully, officials of both countries have stayed calm. There is no reason for any cross-border confrontation on the issue.
It might be wise to close the area for a short time to let tempers cool. Thai and Cambodian troops should agree to jointly patrol the area and prevent any civilians or nationalist groups from violating the border.
Because of the temple's unique geographical location, discussions should be held on jointly caring for the grounds around the Cambodia-owned temple. In addition, authorities must agree to begin talks and surveys to settle ownership of the disputed patch of land around Preah Vihear. Both the temple and bilateral relations are too important to let ultra-nationalists gain the upper hand with violence.
37 comments:
"An ill-natured election campaign in Cambodia "
What the writer say about?
Last week, Thai court just gave a red card to MP from PPP about vote buying. And during the campaign some Thai candidats bought viagra to men-old voters to vote for them according to BBC.
It is ashame. Those actions are not ill-nature election in Thailand?
They are talking about the assasination of the journalist and his son.
The main pointis: cambodian sovereignty is not negotiable.
Get out and stay out
It's clear that everyone wants both sides to benefit from the temple, except for a few monkeys extremists from Cambodia.
I say we ignore them (fools and troublemakers) and agree to a joint development to benefit the area and done with it.
It's clear that everyone wants both sides to benefit from the temple, except for a few monkeys extremists from Thailand.
I say we ignore them (fools and troublemakers) and agree to a joint development to benefit Thailand only!!! sic
thai dogs always looking to steal
go lick your king's cunt
Again thai double talk.
trying to present a normal face to foreign readers in english language paper but totally fanatic in thai newspapers
Baloney, 2:19, the Thai did not climb the mountain to steal the temple from Khmer People in Issan Province. It is Ah greedy monkeys from Cambodia who did all of the climbing.
I don't see any extreme nationalist from cambodia heading to PV screaming for revenge.
I only see the thai gvt buckling under pressure from the thai lynch mob and the army who are just waiting for the chance to do another coup detat.
Déja vu?
Hey thai, solve your own problems
don't mess with cambodia. You might just open Pandora's box.
2:56
So say you thai shit.
Your saying so , your leaders saying so and your media saying so , doen't make it so.
Thieves don't understanding the meaning of law let alone international law.
Dont need to send thai students abroad if they dont learn anything.
Just teach them the thai national past time: Steal with umpunity.
Vive les voleurs thai.
Whether we have to climb a mountain or not, that is none of your thickheaded business. If a mountain belongs to a Khmer, what would be the wrong in him climbing it to enjoy the view? Sometimes a really "smart" and practical arguments are the really simplest and dumb one that are made up by the stir and fever of the movement without realizing it. And in repeated delivering of it, some people just continue to make a fool themselves.
There is no such thing as Khmer Issan in this protest. Only your crazy head thieves from Central who by the way are blocked and brought to shame by the "Issan" people earlier as we see on the confrontation.
Don't use the Khmer Issan for your interest. You are not a Khmer, you are a Thai thief. A shameless Derachan!
3:10 PM
good comment
Concerning the thai mediae, I would say the bangkok post is more fair and truthful in its reporting whereas the nation is more inflammatory laying on national fervors.
Yeah, but the worst of Thai's media is still 10 times better than Ah Khmer-Yuon Ki media.
Well of course, that shouldn't come as a suprise. KI is run by a group of individuals who volunteer to aggregate the news on Cambodia and sometimes provide some editorial comments. They are by no mean compared to your greatly trained but unprofessional media. Not even in fermenting extreme nationalism, KI media doesn't come close. That's because KI publishes the truth. It publishes articles from every source.
awww? did I hurt your pathetic feeling?
you are wrong, KI media is just a site that he collects all news related to Cambodia. He help to inform people abou how others press agencies think about Cambodia
If they didn't kick out the khmer rouge there would be no khmer to write about.
pathetic digressive sore losers.
Hahhaha. BangCock Post is more disgusting than ever, folks. Look at its recent editorial or shitty opinion of its editor. Hahhaha. The clown at the BangCock Pussy is only good at inciting and pointing fingers at the Cambodian side, while protecting its own thievery of the Khmer territory. Here is my rebuttal to some of its shitty points.
#1 "...the Cambodian political opposition has accused the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen of being soft on Preah Vihear, of negotiating with Thailand instead of seizing the 4.6 square kilometres of overlapping land."
Rebuttal: "Seizing"!!! F*ck you, BangCock Puzzy. The 4.6 square kms of land is OFFICIALLY and internationally recognized by the WORLD COURT as belonging to Cambodia, you mather f*cker BangCock Puzzy. Besides the area around the temple has always been traditionally and culturally and ethnically of the Khmer people anyway, you stupid mather f*cking BangCock Puzzy. So stop stealing more of the Cambodian territory, you azzhole BangCock Puzzy. Hahah.
#2 "Thai and Cambodian troops should agree to jointly patrol the area and prevent any civilians or nationalist groups from violating the border."
Rebuttal: "JOINTLY". F*uck You, Azzhole BangCock Puzzy. We Khmer people don't want to share OUR legal property with you Nan Chao hellish Siem creatures, mather f*cker! Go steal the land from the Mongols and the Chinese, you mather f*cker! Our Khmer civilians live in the legal territory of Cambodia, you stupid mather f*cking trouble makers. It is the Nan Chao Siem shitheads such as BangCock Puzzy that are causing all the troubles.
#3: "Because of the temple's unique geographical location, discussions should be held on jointly caring for the grounds around the Cambodia-owned temple."
Rebuttal: "JOINTLY" again. F*ck you azzhole BangCock Puzzy. Here is a suggestion, mather f*cker! Since the whole of Thailand traditionaly belongs to the Khmer people anyway, why don't you entertaining the idea that the Khmer of Cambodia should JOINTLY control Thailand as well, azzhole??!! Hahha.
#4: "In addition, authorities must agree to begin talks and surveys to settle ownership of the disputed patch of land around Preah Vihear."
Comment: That is right fool. It is time for you Nan Chao Siems to respect the legal property of Cambodia, fool. Stop stealing more of Cambodia's territory. The Khmer territory is never meant for any of you Nan Chao Siem hellish creatures to rule over, fool. What a stupid mather f*cker this editor really is. Hahhah.
If a mountain belongs to a Khmer, what would be the wrong in him climbing it to enjoy the view?
If a mountain belongs to a Khmer,
sorry that it doen't....
What would be the wrong in him climbing it to enjoy the view?
lol, please enjoy the view somewhere's else, stupid Scambodia.
Since when did Khmer re-captured the mountain? It was annexed from Cambodia centuries before the arrival of the French colonial.
For my own idea, i think if Thai choice the peaceful solution, they have to deal with negotiation, not use the army and then if no solution the both country must be complain to UN (United Nation) or ICJ(International Court For Justice) by international law. At the finally, the both Country must be respect the ICJ decision, not abuse an international law by soldier. Now it's 21th century, please respect the law!!! And UN must be deal the tension immediately by send the UN's force example KFOR in Serbia, UN Force in Estern Timor, or African Union Force in Sodan and so on. if UN lately to deal this problem, it mean UN don't care for civil people and soldier life of the both country who died during the war.
Thai will be ashamed with international if this country didn't take back the army from the cambodia border while they recognized the intertional law and a member of UN!! Now the time is not late for Thai Government for taking back the army from the Cambodia border.
From Ramy, Chungnam University, South Korea.
ICJ and UN is corrupted. They have no rule of law. Why is it when the Japanese conquerer were defeated, all of their treaty were invalidated and not the French conquerer. What is so difference between the two conquerers. Can someone help me out here?
"ICJ and UN is corrupted. They have no rule of law. Why is it when the Japanese conquerer were defeated, all of their treaty were invalidated and not the French conquerer. What is so difference between the two conquerers. Can someone help me out here? 9:13 PM"
Sure, I can help you out, you stupid cocksucking azzhole. Hahha. Come suck ma big Khmer extra large cock, mather f*cker. Hahaha. It is because the world law and body were already created before the shorty azzed Japs and the Nan Chao Siems would have their small brains to even understand, mather f*cker! hahah. IndoChina was a French possession, fool. When the Japs and the Siems came to take over and shit, the Japs already declared Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam FREE. However, the international body did not recognize that, fool. Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam were able to be free because France said so, azzhole. Therefore anything belonging to France stay, azzhole. Why don't you argue for the Khmer territory that France ceded to Laos and Vietnam, fool. The Khmer can't even say anything because that was France did to the Khmer people. Of all you Siems, Lievs and Youns, Khmer lost more territory than any body, fool. So stop complaining and come suck ma big extra large Khmer cock. hahha.
Be careful Cambodia the Siam is trying to trick us again, if we agree to their suggestion they will not pull their troops.
And later their will come back with their old trick saying be accepting their offer we recognize that that Preah Vihear area is a disputed zone.
The Siam must withdraw their troop without any condition, because they broke International Law.
If they don't withdraw Cambodia should call the ICJ and the UN.
Just get off the mountain, and problem solved, no trick.
Cambodia should not negotiate any conditions or accept any suggestions from a country who breaks International Law with impunity.
If they don't have any consideration for International Law, we should call the UN to take care of them.
International law my asse, it's more like Kangaroo's law.
Joint patroll your azz hole. That's is what it is.
Whatever belongs to cambodia is belong to cambodia.
Stop being the thief of S. East Asia. and Be a human being just any body else in the world community.
Bakcock Post put some blame one Cambodia the rightful owner of the land? I told you that ah Kapik Siam is thief and always thief.
Fuck you Bhumibil, the thief killer in South East Asia. Your family Chakri is not the real Royal but the thief and murderer.
I curse ah Siam to die by earthquake and be destroyed soon.
Hahhaha. Dang it, I have been coming here to reread and reread over and over. Now I feel like a peeping Tom. hahha. Hahha.
One said: Ah Siem is tricky and will eventually come back to reclaim more land from Cambodia.
Another said: No trick, just get off the mountain. hahha.
The third one said: Call on the UN and use the international law.
The 4th one said: "International law my asse".
The 5th one said: "Joint patroll your azz hole. That's is what it is. Whatever belongs to cambodia is belong to cambodia."
My morning is now enlightened. I am signing off now. hahhah. Keep on rocking and offering more of your view points. hahhah.
Latest news is that cambodia has appealed to the UN for help in resolving the conflict.
No amount of thai national postering will help against international law and they know it.
Not only have they been humiliated by PV being listed as a world heritage site, now they will be condemned as thieving liars.
No government will give in to thai demands. hun sen is condemned to win.
Latest news: after the visit from china and vietnam military attaches. The thai troops have withdrawn from the pagoda and taken position in the jungle but still blocking access to PV.
We are pusing them back inch by inch with military and diplomatic tactics.
let's not argue with cultural and land land thieves. They're among the most stubborn thickheaded creature.
We use the law to do what we do. There is no need to waste valuable time on this subjects. A sore loser will always cry. That is all. Its just a cry of a sore loser. Don't entertain him with pity. He doesn't deserve it.
Goodbye sore loser.
VIVA REPUBLIC OF THAILAND.
DEATH TO THAI MONARCHY.
DEATH TO PDA'S Neo-NAZIS.
VIVA THAKSIN.
Thai RAK Thai
VIVA REPUBLIC OF THAILAND.
DEATH TO THAI MONARCHY.
DEATH TO PAD'S Neo-NAZIS.
VIVA THAKSIN.
Thai RAK Thai
Be clear that there is no single siam reader and poster here. teh one that jhasbeen writing to pretend as a thai here is in fact a asshole Hun Sen yuon supporter who always says Scam Rainsy. He is a traitor to his own nation. he opposes anything that is khmer.
Stop dreaming, Ah Jkout (6:56).
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