BEIJING, July 1 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said Tuesday he had talked to his Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, urging him to help guarantee the personal safety of Thais living in Cambodia, and informing him about the Thai Administrative Court-issued injunction suspending his cabinet's endorsement of the Cambodian government's bid to propose the Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site.
The Thai premier, now making an official visit to China, told members of the Thai community in Beijing that the Preah Vihear temple controversy has been blown out of proportion as it was fiercely debated in the Thai parliament last week.
The government must follow the Administrative Court's order, Mr. Samak said, adding that Thailand would neither gain nor lose from his government approving the new map of the ancient temple drawn by the Cambodian government.
The court's action was made in response to a petition from Thailand's anti-government coalition, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), which urged the court to nullify the Thai cabinet resolution of June 17 endorsing Cambodia's map of the ancient temple.
The activist group feared that the Thai cabinet endorsement would be used by Cambodia to contest Thailand's sovereignty over a still-unresolved 4.6 square kilometre area adjacent to the ancient Hindu temple complex.
Mr. Samak said he had just telephoned Mr. Hun Sen in Phnom Penh to say that as Thailand's premier he had to obey the court's order, issued last Saturday.
The Thai premier also said he had requested the Cambodian prime minister to look after the Thai embassy and Thai residents in Cambodia, and that the Thai government would undertake the same responsibility in Thailand.
His request to Prime Minister Hun Sen was made following local press reports that Thai Supreme
Commander Gen. Boonsang Niempradit had ordered the army in Northeastern Thailand which oversees the common border between the two neighbouring countries to monitor the ongoing protests by Thai villagers against listing of Preah Vihear temple through the United Nations.
The Cambodian government plans to propose the temple as a World Heritage site during a meeting of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s World Heritage Committee which begins tomorrow in Quebec, Canada.
The Thai premier, now making an official visit to China, told members of the Thai community in Beijing that the Preah Vihear temple controversy has been blown out of proportion as it was fiercely debated in the Thai parliament last week.
The government must follow the Administrative Court's order, Mr. Samak said, adding that Thailand would neither gain nor lose from his government approving the new map of the ancient temple drawn by the Cambodian government.
The court's action was made in response to a petition from Thailand's anti-government coalition, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), which urged the court to nullify the Thai cabinet resolution of June 17 endorsing Cambodia's map of the ancient temple.
The activist group feared that the Thai cabinet endorsement would be used by Cambodia to contest Thailand's sovereignty over a still-unresolved 4.6 square kilometre area adjacent to the ancient Hindu temple complex.
Mr. Samak said he had just telephoned Mr. Hun Sen in Phnom Penh to say that as Thailand's premier he had to obey the court's order, issued last Saturday.
The Thai premier also said he had requested the Cambodian prime minister to look after the Thai embassy and Thai residents in Cambodia, and that the Thai government would undertake the same responsibility in Thailand.
His request to Prime Minister Hun Sen was made following local press reports that Thai Supreme
Commander Gen. Boonsang Niempradit had ordered the army in Northeastern Thailand which oversees the common border between the two neighbouring countries to monitor the ongoing protests by Thai villagers against listing of Preah Vihear temple through the United Nations.
The Cambodian government plans to propose the temple as a World Heritage site during a meeting of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s World Heritage Committee which begins tomorrow in Quebec, Canada.
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thais cheat us again. Shit
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Don't worry your excellency (Smak Sundaravej); everyone is in good hand.
to 10:07 PM
Yes, let's vote for CPP
haaa,,haaa
Is the Thai stop playing Lakhon yet?
Is their shows ended?
Or is HUN SEN got so much money from Thailand and he kept his mouth shut?
Khmer please don't let us lost another inch of land.
for 4.6 Km2 is a lot. Don't let the Thai do whatever they want.
We need to bring the 1907 map to the UN court.
The Thaicong court decision only applies to the Thaicong and not to Cambodian!
The Thaicong court decision is no way of blocking Cambodian right from go ahead to apply Khmer Phrea Vihear temple for UNESCO World Heritage Site application.
Well then why didn't you objected to Thai crowning Khmer's Kings also.
hey, hey our prime minister is not your baby-sitter! preah vihear is not yours! god bless cambodia.
Yes ,we can see Two Pigs are greeting to each other.
1:59AM Well, if the Thai king admits that he is a Khmer King, not the Thai king, then we would sit and talk more about it.
T0 1:59AM
Who crown King Sihanouk? Did you said the Thaicong King? or Did you said the Thaicong monkey King?
ahahhahahahahahahahah!
The Khmer has their own King way before the Thaicong has their own fake King! How is it possible that the Thaicong King can crown another King? How? This is sound like the Vietcong crowned AH HUN SEN Vietcong puppet to be the fake Khmer King?
Currently there are five fake Kings in Cambodia who are crowned by the communist!
-Samdech Hun Sen
-Samdech Chea Sim
-Samdech Heng Samrin
-Samdech Sihamoni
Oh well! I hope the Thaicong like the Vietcong will find the way to create more Khmer King in Cambodia! ahhahahhahahahha
Thai is playing his politic and using Cambodia as a tool.
Don't Care just do what we want in Cambodia. If thai people do the wrong things, then we can know what to do...
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