Group says it will 'reclaim' territory
Sunday July 13, 2008
By Anchalee Kongrut
Bangkok Post
Nationalistic protesters at the Preah Vihear ruins managed to place a small Thai pavilion and Thai flag next to the 4.6-square-kilometre overlapping area on the Thai-Cambodia border yesterday. The group of 100 protesters carried a small Thai pavilion, a Buddha image and a Thai flag and placed them on a road next to a passport checkpoint.
Samarn Sringarm, the leader of the Dharmayatra Group which has held protests against a group of Cambodian vendors who built a village in the overlapping area, declared the move was the first step in ''reclaiming Thai territory which was taken away by French colonisers over a century ago''.
''We did not want to cause trouble. Thais and Cambodians are like relatives. But we just want to reclaim what was ours,'' he shouted through loudspeakers to Cambodians in the village.
The protest spot is sensitive as it is only 200 metres from Cambodian villages built in the overlapping area. About 200 houses, or 500 Cambodians, have lived in the village for more than a decade.
The group went as far as ''reclaiming'' Phra Tabong, or Battambang province, which is part of Cambodia.
Almost two centuries ago it was part of the Kingdom of Siam.
''We want to retaliate against Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen who tries to pressure Thailand. We will use an international treaty and historical records to reclaim not only Preah Vihear but other Thai territory as well,'' said Mr Samarn.
The group has been camped at Khao Phra Viharn [Preah Vihear] National Park in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province since June 23.
The Association of Small-scale Farmers, a powerful grassroots group in the northeastern region, and residents from the Network of Natives of Kantharalak District to Protect Khao Phra Viharn also joined the protest.
They have set next Saturday as D-day for ''reclaiming'' the temple.
The group yesterday petitioned the army, asking soldiers to push out villagers from the overlapping area by July 21.
They asked the army to erect a Thai flag on the 16th staircase to Preah Vihear temple, which they say marks the boundary. Border patrol soldiers have been deployed to guard the overlapping area since Thursday. Barbed wire has been erected to stop Thai protesters getting in.
''The situation now is sensitive. This is not Ratchadamnoen road in Bangkok where protesters can do anything. Cambodian soldiers have set up machine guns and missiles and they can pull the trigger if something goes wrong.
''We are worried about the security of these protesters,'' said a border patrol soldier.
Samarn Sringarm, the leader of the Dharmayatra Group which has held protests against a group of Cambodian vendors who built a village in the overlapping area, declared the move was the first step in ''reclaiming Thai territory which was taken away by French colonisers over a century ago''.
''We did not want to cause trouble. Thais and Cambodians are like relatives. But we just want to reclaim what was ours,'' he shouted through loudspeakers to Cambodians in the village.
The protest spot is sensitive as it is only 200 metres from Cambodian villages built in the overlapping area. About 200 houses, or 500 Cambodians, have lived in the village for more than a decade.
The group went as far as ''reclaiming'' Phra Tabong, or Battambang province, which is part of Cambodia.
Almost two centuries ago it was part of the Kingdom of Siam.
''We want to retaliate against Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen who tries to pressure Thailand. We will use an international treaty and historical records to reclaim not only Preah Vihear but other Thai territory as well,'' said Mr Samarn.
The group has been camped at Khao Phra Viharn [Preah Vihear] National Park in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province since June 23.
The Association of Small-scale Farmers, a powerful grassroots group in the northeastern region, and residents from the Network of Natives of Kantharalak District to Protect Khao Phra Viharn also joined the protest.
They have set next Saturday as D-day for ''reclaiming'' the temple.
The group yesterday petitioned the army, asking soldiers to push out villagers from the overlapping area by July 21.
They asked the army to erect a Thai flag on the 16th staircase to Preah Vihear temple, which they say marks the boundary. Border patrol soldiers have been deployed to guard the overlapping area since Thursday. Barbed wire has been erected to stop Thai protesters getting in.
''The situation now is sensitive. This is not Ratchadamnoen road in Bangkok where protesters can do anything. Cambodian soldiers have set up machine guns and missiles and they can pull the trigger if something goes wrong.
''We are worried about the security of these protesters,'' said a border patrol soldier.
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Thai Flag is nothing wrong, but why Buddha flag between?
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Thai flag is wrong because it is on Khmer territory.
King Father on Preah Vihear issue
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Unofficial Translation from French
Written by The Phnom Penh Post
Communique from Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh, 8 July 2008
I. Certain journalists are writing that the main entrance to the Preah Vihear temple faces Thailand and not Cambodia.
II. The Thais have said, say and have written and write that one of the “proofs” of Thai ownership of Preah Vihear is constituted by the fact that access to the temple is infinitely more easy from the Thai side rather than from the Cambodian side.
III. These journalists and these Thais seem to ignore the following historic facts, ones which amply prove that the mountain and the temple of Preah Vihear are 100% Cambodian and belong 100% to Cambodia.
a/. The construction (10th and 11th centuries) of Preah Vihear by two successive Khmer Kings and is a purely Khmer work.
b/. The mountain and the temple of Preah Vihear could be found, during the 10th and 11th centuries, “very much in the interior” of Kampuchea, in the Khmer Empire, of which the borders extended for hundreds of kilometers, to the north, the east and west, much further than the current Cambodian borders with Thailand and Laos.
As a consequence, the mountain and the Preah Vihear temple could be found not on the Cambodia-Siam (Thai) border but “deep in the interior” of the Kingdom (of the Khmer Empire) and the “main entrance” of Preah Vihear “looked” not towards Siam (Thailand) but to Kampuchea.
c/. The International Court in the Hague, which in 1962, rendered justice to Cambodia, did not ignore all this, and let me, once again, offer them a respectful and admiring homage.
d/. Thanks to Khmer Sovereignty and the Khmer empire (Angkorian in particular) , present day Thailand is very rich in Angkorian style Khmer temples and monuments.
[It is] absolutely wrong and gives proof to the meanness, which, in Thailand, causes to Cambodia and its people undeserved and anachronistic troubles concerning the temple of Preah Vihear, instead of devoting ourselves to the harmonious and fruitful development of our friendship and our (authentic) brotherhood (Thai-Cambodian).
(signed) Norodom Sihanouk
Just shoot them with some really cold water.
That should bring down their fever.
Sihanouk is ignorant of the fact that Khmer people in Issan province doesn't want to be ruled by him or his gay infidel son. Thus, Issan Province no longer belong to Cambodia as of over two century (or nearly 10 generations) ago, and you can't go in the province and take anything you want from there without spilling innocent people's blood.
France didn't steal your land your king sign a treaty with France and that treaty is include in 1962 by ICJ.
International Court of Justice, this is the most powerful court on this planet.
You should take them seriously Siamland.
Shoot them with really cold water? lol.... I like the idea.
Please don't count those small portion of protesters as the whole nation. I do have alot Thai friends and they complaints about those protesters at the Khmer-Thai border.
I don't think France want to steal your land, because you were a buffer zone between the British and the French.
If you were not a buffer zone you would be a French colony as well.
By the way France still exists you should prevent yourself from doing some false accusation.
Ah Siamese is using people power to harrashing Khmer, it looks beter to their Leaders faces, than using the black clade guansters. This tactic in fact, Ah Siamese continously adopting to put pressure on Hun Sen GV'T to negociate with them what they wanted Mr.Hun Sen to share our homeland with them,(what is Khmer belonging Siamese wanted a share, what Siamese belonging is solely Siamese Property)this policy Ah Siamese have a problem though, they are afraid of international court of law, especially when they accused Khmer over territorial issue. You must pronounce PRASAAT PREAH VIHEAR beyond this day,instead of Kao Pra Vihan
Dow to you thieves!
Ah Nan Chao say what? Ah Siems and Khmer are like relatives? F*ck that azzhole. Ah Siems are the mather f*ckers who are thieves of Khmer territory and temples. Now they want to reclaim Battambong. Azzhole, you mess with the wrong guy this time. Battambong will not be detached like you did to Sukothai, you mather f*cker. Battambong is the province of my parents, f*cker. These f*cking Nan Chao Siems really need to smack with slippers on their heads. F*ck these lowly parasites of the Khmer territory.
To all the Thaicong!
Nobody give a fuck about the Thaicong constitution or the Thaicong law because it only serve the Thaicong interest! Don't forget that International Law will supersede any Thaicong constitution or Thaicong law anytime anywhere! All the Thaicong who disguise themselves as Buddhist should be ashame of themeselves because what they are doing right now is criminal!
Stop all your foolisness and nonsense in begging for the instability in the whole Southeast Asia! Cambodia will not be pushed around like during the 1980 by the Vietcong! If the Thaicong want to take place of the Vietcong and they are more than welcome and don’t forget to spend big money and I mean big big money to maintain the Thaicong military in Cambodia! Cambodia desperately need a lot of money and Cambodia accept all form of money whether it is Dong, Baht, or dollar…
I wish the Thaicong good luck in their military adventure in Cambodia!
Get ready to blast all these Nan Chao Siems to hell, Cambodian troopers. When it is time, we will cleanse our ancestors' humiliation by the hands of these ingrateful Nan Chao Siems. We must never allow these land thieves to come near our territory ever again.
How come Dr. Lao is all quiet when ah Nan Chao Siems are going berserkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. Ah nan Chao Siems must be taught a lesson of war. This time we will cleanse our humiliation at your wicked hands, ah bastard Nan Chao Siems.
fucking chulalongkorn begged his ambassador to ask the british for protection from france, and the siems were willing to be cololonised by teh british, if they could provide protection to them. lucky, they were saved by luck, not because they were smart in avoiding western colonialism.
The temple belongs to Khmer people in Issan province and it must remain in the province with the people.
To Siamess thief 2:11PM!!
You are not khmer people!! You are a Siamess thief!!!
I know you are clearly, you have to stop lying your self and other people!! your father is Laos and your mother is a siamess prostitute in Bangkok. you was born in Chanbory and study in Bangkok. How do you get relation with khmer blood!!!
Please close your mouth A pler 2:11 P.M
If the temple belongs to the Khmer people in Issan. Then logically, Issan belongs to Khmer and should be ruled by the Khmer Kingdon, wbich of course if Cambodia. Problem solved.
I did some research on the Net and found the Siam actually stole a lot of temples and land from us. It says on the map they are Khmer ruins. These mother fuckers are so greedy like the Youns, unbelievable. When are they going to stop. I think one day the Might God will punish them for being so greedy and selfish.
Issan people are khmer, thsu it is wrong to claim that the temple is belonged to khmer, and the whole issan must come back to khmer rule , regardless if the people want or not. the soverignty is come under cambodia. patani must go back to malyasia.
Not in a million years, they will never join matrimony with the ugly, stinky, greedy, sissy monkeys in Cambodia even if it kills them.
Who are you to judge us when most of you are prostitutes and mother fuckers and gay - I suspect centuries of in breeding. Shut up you slut!
Those who pretends to be Khmer in Thailand needs to shut the hell up!
If you think you are real Khmer in Thailand you need to break away and form an autonomy or declare yourself independent so you can have all the rights to visit Prasat Preah Vihear.
Don't be confused with your identity for so long.
Are you Khmer or Thai's slave?
If you Khmer you should be appreciated that Prasat Preah Vihear is not in the hand of foreigners. Now it is in the hand of the owner (Khmer), so there!
You should be happy with it!
Dman stupid stop claiming yourself Khmer Issan.
This group of Thai people are the clearly extremist, nationalist, the trouble makers even they say they are not or they simply stupid to have stir thing up and creating problems between the two people. Going back in history claiming certain parts of Cambodia belonged to Thais is just simply stupid about the histroy.
The kher Issan living in peaceful manner in Mondol kiri and Rattanak kiri
But the fake one who is barking none stop is Lao or Thai Issan whom infected
From HIV and aids from the transsexual, tourist sex industrial and gay country Thailand
Pretend to be khmer khmer my dick ! ignorant issan .Even though your ignorant University and your stupid king try to lie and manipulate your stupid people that we are khmer not belong to khom but our history revealing It self that we are the Khomkhmer do not fool the thieves Thai.
Dear brothers sisters khmer in Cambodian I was the witness what happened in Khao Idang Thailand
In the very sad day that Thai ‘s soldier raided the refugee in that camp ,the Thai soldier killed one Cambodian man and run to find the axe in the nearby the incident happened ,and let the poor death
Cambodian crab the axe the cover and twisting the story up ,in the early morning UN HCR try to send the corpse to investigate ,the Thai soldier rushed and cremated the Cabodian corpse, BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH THE THIVES THAI,PLEASE PLAY SMARTER AND HARDER NOTHING FOR US TO BE FAIR FROM THAI GAME, Tell that thieves Thai go to fuck them self.
May Buddha save Cambodia from Thai thieves!
2:11PM Khmer ISSAN will reunited with us(Cambodia)in this circonstance you're living in under the clowdy day for centuries,- you should learn to identify youselves, -you should not pay respect to other Nation national's flag anylonger,- you should bove to Khmer flags that has Angkor watt symbol on it! that is your real National ID, honey!. Moreever you're such as fragile as domestics bird while you're under Siamese collonization, you should be aware of all time that you always have feathers on the wings. I acknowledge that only Khmer(in Cambodia)could be provided you interesting thing and guide you how to fly!. Time is aproching, by the time up, you all(my brothers & sisters)will have a true taste of Khmer identity(PLS do not compared to KhmerHUN SEN, Khmer I'm talking about is real compassion and peacefully maner). Please be calmed, the unfortunating Nation will become a fortunated Nation, once again our Brothers & Sisters living together peacefully as a biger families ever!!!.
May god helps Cambodia!,and his populations!!.
Ah Siamese you're next!
Well How stupid are the.
If they say that the area around preah vihear is theirs how about the 20 provinces that they took away during the angkor french anbd ect. Are we going to claim all of those back. Battambong is also khmer and if they want we are going to have a big fight. So if they say Battambong is theirs how about Attutya. The yjust changes the name to make it sound like thai.
The temple belongs to Khmer People in Issan provinces for centuries before the French took it from them in 1907. And since the French was defeated, everything must be restore to them.
oh my god, the siem thieves protesters really bite more than they can chew, aren't they? i guess they forgot about the khmer empire so soon!
didn't siam (thailand) gain their independence from the khmer empire in 1292 or something? this goes to show they are really ignorant about their own history, let alone khmer history. god bless cambodia.
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