By Supalak Ganjanakhunde
The Nation
Hundreds of Cambodians plan to protest in Phnom Penh tomorrow to demand the withdrawal of Thai troops from the disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple in an attempt to influence a ministerial meeting next week.
Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong will meet on Monday and Tuesday at the beach resort of Cha-am to follow up the redeployment of troops in the area, which was agreed at a meeting in Siem Reap last month.
Military commanders on the ground agreed this week to reduce the number of soldiers on both sides in the disputed area near Preah Vihear temple to only ten.
The Cambodian Confederation of Unions said it had asked Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Kep Chuktema for permission to hold a gathering of at least 300 people and then parade around the capital, according to the Phnom Penh Post.
Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers' Association, said the purpose of the demonstration was to bring Cambodians together to show their desire for the withdrawal of Thai forces and to urge the government to seek the intervention of the UN Security Council to resolve the dispute.
The military stand-off began on July 15 after Preah Vihear was made a world heritage site. Thailand feared a loss of territory after Cambodia built community housing, a road and a temple in the disputed temple periphery, over which both sides claim sovereignty.
Both countries called a meeting of the General Border Committee and a ministerial conference last month but have yet to find a way of ending the dispute.
Meanwhile Cambodia has raised questions on the presence of Thai troops at other temple ruins at Ta Muen Thom and Ta Muen Touch which, it claims, are on Cambodian territory.
Thailand's Foreign Ministry, however, wants next week's meeting to focus on the dispute over Preah Vihear.
Many issues related to Preah Vihear, including the establishment of a Cambodian community in the disputed area, need to be cleared up first, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat.
Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong will meet on Monday and Tuesday at the beach resort of Cha-am to follow up the redeployment of troops in the area, which was agreed at a meeting in Siem Reap last month.
Military commanders on the ground agreed this week to reduce the number of soldiers on both sides in the disputed area near Preah Vihear temple to only ten.
The Cambodian Confederation of Unions said it had asked Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Kep Chuktema for permission to hold a gathering of at least 300 people and then parade around the capital, according to the Phnom Penh Post.
Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers' Association, said the purpose of the demonstration was to bring Cambodians together to show their desire for the withdrawal of Thai forces and to urge the government to seek the intervention of the UN Security Council to resolve the dispute.
The military stand-off began on July 15 after Preah Vihear was made a world heritage site. Thailand feared a loss of territory after Cambodia built community housing, a road and a temple in the disputed temple periphery, over which both sides claim sovereignty.
Both countries called a meeting of the General Border Committee and a ministerial conference last month but have yet to find a way of ending the dispute.
Meanwhile Cambodia has raised questions on the presence of Thai troops at other temple ruins at Ta Muen Thom and Ta Muen Touch which, it claims, are on Cambodian territory.
Thailand's Foreign Ministry, however, wants next week's meeting to focus on the dispute over Preah Vihear.
Many issues related to Preah Vihear, including the establishment of a Cambodian community in the disputed area, need to be cleared up first, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat.
2 comments:
To the demonstrators,
I am not in great interest for your compatriatism. I, thus, will not allow you to demonstrate in any forms under the EXCUSES that the demonstration will not serve the purpose of country's progress; instead will bring unexpectable chaosity in this harmoney time. I say "harmony" because you see that the country is "dead calm" even in the midst of the surging price of gasaline ONLY IN CAMBODIA and I don't want any demonstration to WAKE UP the dead spirit of fighting or struggling. I want to inform you so-called compatriots that your demonstration will only provoke and trigger the awareness of my gentle, peaceful resolutions with the beloved neighbouring country, Thailand. You see if I ever issue you the permission to rally in Phnom Penh, many would join in the anger of the weak, chiken response to the Thailand's invasion, yet behind the scenes the govt has not lost anything-WHAT IT LOSES ARE JUST: FACES-GHOST SOLDIERS AND IN TIME OF WAR WE GOV.T CAN RAISE MONEY FROM PUBLIC AND AFTER WAR THE SOLDIERS GO BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIVES: BEGGING!
Hold on the so-called demonstrators: when your demonstration is deemed to provoke conflict with the beloved neigboring country, I WILL GIVE YOU GUNS AND BUY YOU COFFIN (Quoted: Samdach A Cho! Moha Cho and XXX Crazy Cho). Memorandoms: Cambodians have lived like beggars and slaves, so let them be. Do not feed them so often-just one month or two months before election, GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO EAT TO SURVIVE FOR THE DAY-TO PLEASE THEM ONE MONTH BEFORE AND AFTER ELECTION AND CAMBODIANS WILL TREAT YOU LIKE YOU'RE THEIR GOD!!! And no need sustainable development policies-for example: roads built by fomular: 50% state share+ 50% residents'share. You ever built too high quality roads, people will demand you more besides roads because the people already have roads. Solution: use 50% from residents'share only and THE LEFT 50% DIVIDE AMONG THE SHARE HOLDERS-A BIT CORRUPTION!!!HEHEHEHEH....
From: Kep A SVA
Ah ang kep chuok tae ma euy, kmean ban ka kdo ey te ahaeng nus. Ches kdo ey, doch tae ah hun sen dae ning, pong kdo, khlaing ban tae Khmae, dol pel ah siam, ah yuon, aon kbal doch chhkae kheunh khla, Ah kdo, uot khluon aeng sot tae noam santepheap aoy reas, kom banh kom phlaong dak ah siam, cham dos sray robeab ka tout vinh, ka tout mae ahaeng ey ah kdo, boe tha kbal ahaeng lib te ko tha tov, ahaeng ning ah sdach siam kvak doch knea icheung, vea truot kbal ahaeng muoy phnaek krav pi ah srokey youer yuon kantob. Ah chhkae muoy chivit, ahaeng ayu min leus anh te, kom taing khluon chea neak ches chea muoy ning ah sanha bat ket ach bos ahaeng nus. Lmom ches khmas khluon hoey, ke soech yum krub protes, ah lngeu kom tveu ches. Chamnaek ah neak ches kom krabuoch moat cham trobak bantor pi ah tay haong hun sen teat nus. Puok ah slab khmean dey kob, ah slab khmean thor ar, ah slab khmean kamnoet vinh, ah slab os muoy pouch, ah slab khmean nona anet aso, ah slab aoy os pi dey KHMAE tov,
Pi anh
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