Tuesday July 15, 2008
ANCHALEE KONGRUT
Bangkok Post and AP
Dharmayatra, the ultra-nationalistic Thai group which is trying to reclaim the Preah Vihear ruins for Thailand, announced it will launch a hunger strike to try to pressure the government to take action on the temple issue.
The group, led by Samarn Sringarm along with nine of its members, will begin its hunger strike today.
The group has already been exerting pressure on the government as some of them managed to get across barbed wire Thai soldiers had put up at the border with Cambodia. They sat in meditation in a Cambodian village within the overlapping area between the two countries.
The barrier had been erected by the soldiers to prevent protesters in Si Sa Ket province heading to the Cambodian village and clashing with locals.
The Thais want the Cambodians to be evicted from the overlapping area.
Despite the move being seen as only a media stunt, it paved the way for anti-government protesters to launch their campaign against the government, said Pranee Hriphong, a member of the Dharmayatra group.
On Thursday, activist Veera Somkwamkid will make a speech on the Thai side near the temple and on Sunday, hundreds of farmers from the Association of Northeastern Small-Scale Farmers - a powerful grassroots group - will camp overnight there.
The Cambodian government, meanwhile, organised another mass rally yesterday to celebrate the listing of the 11th century Preah Vihear temple as a world cultural landmark.
Around 10,000 people were expected to gather late yesterday to celebrate Preah Vihear temple's new status as a Unesco World Heritage site, said Mann Chhoeun, deputy governor of Phnom Penh municipality which organised the event.
The ceremony will be presided over by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An in the wake of his return from Canada, where he lobbied a Unesco committee meeting to designate the temple as a cultural treasure.
''We have succeeded in this goal not by just sitting idly. We struggled hard to get it,'' Mann Chhoeun said.
Preah Vihear was declared a World Heritage site a week ago in spite of the strong objections from Thai anti-government groups.
The two countries have a long-standing dispute over the land that surrounds the temple, and Thai activists have recently revived nationalist sentiment over the issue.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice awarded the temple and the land it occupies to Cambodia.
The group, led by Samarn Sringarm along with nine of its members, will begin its hunger strike today.
The group has already been exerting pressure on the government as some of them managed to get across barbed wire Thai soldiers had put up at the border with Cambodia. They sat in meditation in a Cambodian village within the overlapping area between the two countries.
The barrier had been erected by the soldiers to prevent protesters in Si Sa Ket province heading to the Cambodian village and clashing with locals.
The Thais want the Cambodians to be evicted from the overlapping area.
Despite the move being seen as only a media stunt, it paved the way for anti-government protesters to launch their campaign against the government, said Pranee Hriphong, a member of the Dharmayatra group.
On Thursday, activist Veera Somkwamkid will make a speech on the Thai side near the temple and on Sunday, hundreds of farmers from the Association of Northeastern Small-Scale Farmers - a powerful grassroots group - will camp overnight there.
The Cambodian government, meanwhile, organised another mass rally yesterday to celebrate the listing of the 11th century Preah Vihear temple as a world cultural landmark.
Around 10,000 people were expected to gather late yesterday to celebrate Preah Vihear temple's new status as a Unesco World Heritage site, said Mann Chhoeun, deputy governor of Phnom Penh municipality which organised the event.
The ceremony will be presided over by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An in the wake of his return from Canada, where he lobbied a Unesco committee meeting to designate the temple as a cultural treasure.
''We have succeeded in this goal not by just sitting idly. We struggled hard to get it,'' Mann Chhoeun said.
Preah Vihear was declared a World Heritage site a week ago in spite of the strong objections from Thai anti-government groups.
The two countries have a long-standing dispute over the land that surrounds the temple, and Thai activists have recently revived nationalist sentiment over the issue.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice awarded the temple and the land it occupies to Cambodia.
29 comments:
People in the whole world must understand this fact about the criminal Nan Chao Siems. They operate on the concept of THIEVERY. I say let these fanatics die of these misery. Khmer are the OWNERS of the land, you stupid mather f*ckers! So how can you Nan Chao thieves be wanting them owners to be off their own property, you stupid Nan Chao homeless freaks. Cambodian troopers, let these Nan Chao Siems have it if they break the law of the state of Cambodia.
Oh! Come on! Ah Siam Ach Kri!
Preah Vihear was built by Khmer, belong to khmer!
Go ahead and starve to death. If one die, we're 1 less to worry about.
Siam you better call back these assholes out of our land because once his head fall to the ground he cannot meditate anymore.
i absolutely agree with the above. The siam should go to hell being named as thief
how can this be called Thamayeatra group while they claim the others, property. They should be called thievesyearthra. shameless mother fuckers. God bless Cambodia
Ar Siem Joy Mray, go on a hunger strike and die u Koun Chhkay....
Poor bastard Khmers never learn the lessons.
What will happen if Thailand goes to war with you, can you do the Maths(62 millions vs 14 millions)?
Not to mention that your nation was cursed to go down by your own people, did you get any lesson out of Saloth Sar?
When your grand families or parents were chased to death, you asked for help from us. Now you Khmers overseas not only learn the lesson, have shown the World how ungrateful you are.
So lucky that you have Hun Sen, as a Prime Minister, Thais have to do nothing, but wait and see your country goes down with his management. lol
PLEASE GO AHEAD, THIEF SIAM!
IT IS VERY EXCELLENT IF SIAM PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE NATION JOIN A HUNGER STRIKE. I VERY MUCH APPREICATE IT YOU CAN DO LIKE THIS.
WHEN YOU HUNGER TO DEATH, I CAN TAKE BACK OUR LAND FROM YOU EASILY.
HAHAHAHA....
Compatriots, go to the top, something happening at the gate of Preah Vihea, our soldiers arrested 3 Siem mother fucker crossing the border line.
Ah 12:21, you are so RICH that you Nan Chao Siems want our old dilapitated temple. Hahha. Hahhah again. It is ours, azzholes, and we aint gonna give it to you ugly looking freaks. Hahha. In addition, the Khmer people in Thailand will beat the living shit out of you Nan Chao Siems if you ever want to mess with Cambodia. Hahhaha. Rise up and get rid of all these Nan Chao Siems once and for all, all You Khmer people in Thailand. Hhahah.
12:21 PM
Hey, fucker! Don't pretend to be a Thai national, shit head.
You should be ashamed of yourself for trying to be Thai (when you're really Khmer).
Don't fucking test the waters.
12:21pm
how's uneducated you are, dare to judge Khmer people. only one Khmer can handle all 64 millions, you do the math. You should learn your history very well before you talk and listen to international communities. You have making a fool of yourself.
Roum RITH Merci de ne pas blamer ni insulter le pleuple Thai ni les vietnameins . Le fond du problème est la MOUL LA HET PI PROS LOURNG CHOR MA SOEURTH Accuser les autres pays voisins fait preuve de l'ignorance de l'histoire . La preuve lourng Sihanouk est allé s'agnenouiller devant ce vraie patriotieme HO CHIMINH pour demande de l'aide Moralite il faut prendre Tonle Sap comme frontiere entre le Vietnam et la Thailnade COOL Roum RITH Additif si les ilntellos et les Neak Sneha Cheat comme Sisowath Sarimak ont été assanisé par les Khmers Rouge c'est Sihanouk qui a poussé ses criminelle KH Sihanouk est comparable à HITLER Miloséwick Mao tSe Toung Mugawbé et AliBACHIR de Soudan Sihanouk devra réponse devant le TPI de la Haye
The monkeys in Cambodia must returns the temple back to Khmer people in Issan Province and move out of their territory.
Khmer Issan were the slaves of Khmer in Cambodia now they are the slave of Thai all the ways
No problem, make hunger strike and die.
Khmer Issan= Khmer insane . you don't support your mother country, stay at the katoeuy and prostitute country that is thai leaded by trisomic leaders, we don't give a shit for traitors. just make hunger strike also and die.
Yeah, but it doesn't work that way. When Khmer Issan go on hunger strike, the one to die is the monkeys in Cambodia.
"For the Thai idiots who don't understand English and rule of law"
Jone thai yu nai Isan mun riak puok mun wah "khamen Isan" mun pen reung huaroh, rao pen kon khamen mai keui pai khamoy arai jahg kon eun rheu prathet peun bahn khong rao.
To 12:21 & 2:49PM,
Chhuoy Duoy, Chhuoy Duoy!
Siam tay leiv! Siam tay leiv!
Prachha Chhon Siam Yak Tay Diev NY!
Hahahahaha......
Siam is the nation of thieves!
12:21 PM
Pls don try to show that Thais are thieves by want to make war to invade Cambodia since u already lost in front of International Court in 1962 and recently listing side of Preah Vihea (not Pra Vihan,idiot!, i will call Pra Vihan if it belong to Thai, but it will never ever be that, pls tell ur people to stop that dream!!!). U Thai, could not legally prove urselves to international communities for claiming back the temple, but even to show ur identity as a thief nation. if i were ur people, i'll go to hell by knowing that my ancestors were all thieves. Talkig about war, we Cambodian fed up, we experienced over decades in war, so we're old enough in war and want to retire, but we'll fight back to any invasion from neightbor. I salute ur Prime who said he's 72 years old and he knew what happened to Preah Vihea in ICJ in 1962. Pls tell ur people to enjoy all what u got from us and stop dream more. Leave us to live peacefully. May Buddha bless Cambodia!!!
I'm not u are Khmer or Thai who live in Issan, but may i ask u 1 simple question, why all the territory in Issan called Khmer Issan, why don it called Thai Issan?
Simple answer: Because u got from Khmer. In ur words already said u are thief, i don call u that, but u call it urselves.
Think and think again, u'll realize and acknowledge to urselves that: "Oh, i'm (Thai) shameless thief!".
Correction:
I'm not SURE u are Khmer or Thai...
Well! What the Thaicong are waiting for? Go drum up your army! Ahhahahhaha
I can't wait to see the Thaicong spend million and million of dollars repairing those F-16s and their tanks and what else...
This is a good time to drag the Thaicong into hell and make their economy fuck up, lower their living of standard, and send them back to the Stone Age!
In the 1980, the Vietcong spent $1 million dollar a day just to maintain their troop and with today bad economic condition with high inflation and the Thaicong will have to spend twice as much just to maintain their military in Cambodia!ahhahahhah
Sure I will worship the Thaicong when they enter Cambodia! The Thaicong army thinks that they are the only one who knows how to kill! Kill or be killed and the Thaicong will find out once they enter Cambodia and Cambodia will again be flooded with weapons and the killing will begin again!
AH HUN SEN right now don't want to start shit because he wants to protect his pocket book! But even AH HUN SEN couldn't even help the Vietcong in Cambodia!
No international community will support the Thaicong aggressor! The Thaicong will be defeated economically, politically, and militarily!
To 12:21PM
Do you know why the Thaicong want to help the Khmer Rouge in the 1980? Well! Not just the Thaicong who want to help Cambodian people but also international community too!
The Thaicong just want to protect their arse from the Vietcong and the Russian and that explain why they want to help the Khmer Rouge! Ahhahahhahahah
Hey! If the Thaicong dare to come to Cambodia and the Vietcong will do the same thing to the Thaicong!
Ahhahhahhahah. By the way, AH HUN SEN is still the same corrupted Vietcong slave and his glory day is about to come to an end!
I have the last laugh and the pleasure is all mines!
Good more hunger strikes save more food for other poor people.
They will not go hungry, they will go eat at the latrine of the village on the Cambodia side.
After eat you have to go back on your land Siam.
let them, when they die they can't protest anymore!
5:13 PM
FYI:Thai ISANs never call themseleves Khmer ISAN.
Many Khmers in this site call Thai thieves. However, the only thieves at the present is Khmers, who smuggle the cars from Thai borders and sell to you.
Can I call you too that Khmers are no better, but a nation of thieves as well?
PEACE
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